IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDITION APPELLATE SIDE PRESENT:

THE HON’BLE JUSTICE UDAY KUMAR CRR 175 of 2025 Smt. Dipti Dey @ Dipti Dey Bhattacharya & Anr.

-Vs.-

The State of West Bengal & Anr.

For the Petitioners : Mr. Avimannu Das Mr. Indranuj Dutt For the State : Mr. Saikat Chatterjee Mr. Chattu Roy Hearing concluded on : 31.07.2025 Judgment on : 02.08.2025 Uday Kumar, J.:-

1. This revisional application, filed by the petitioners, the ex-sister-in-law and her husband of the de-facto complainant/ Opposite Party No. 2, Smt. Chandana Paul (Dey), under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeks the quashing of the impugned criminal proceeding, G.R. Case No. 5281 of 2015, arising from Bhaktinagar Police Station Case No. 1821 of 2015, dated December 30, 2015, under Sections 498A and 509 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The primary contention for quashing is that the marital relationship, which formed the very basis of the criminal complaint lodged by Opposite Party No. 2, has since been dissolved by a decree of divorce granted on mutual consent, thereby rendering the continuation of the criminal proceedings against the pet