Mrigesh Kanti Nath vs State Of West Bengal

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2026 Supreme(Cal) 157

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
CHAITALI CHATTERJEE DAS
Mrigesh Kanti Nath – Appellant
Versus
State Of West Bengal – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Mr. Sabyasachi Banerjee, Ld. Sr. Adv. Mr. Somenath Bhattacharjee, Adv. Ms. Pragya Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Kaustav Chatterjee, Adv.
For the Respondent: Ms. Debaleena Ganguly, Adv. Mr. Debasish Roy, Ld.P.P. Mr. Imran Ali, Adv. Mrs. Debjani Sahu, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

CHAITALI CHATTERJEE DAS, J.

1. This provisional application is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for quashing of the entire proceeding being ACGR 5383/2022 arising out of Jadavpur Police Station case no. 245/22 dated 1.12.2022, under Section 498A, 406, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, read with Section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act now pending before the court of the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, 24 Parganas South at Alipore and the Charchit no. 248 of 2022 dated 21.12.2022, and all orders passed in connection with the proceeding now pending before the learned additional chief judicial magistrate 24 Parganas South at Alipore.

Factual Matrix of the case

2. Bereft of any details the case of the petitioner is that a complaint was lodged by one Jyothi Bala Nath/Opposite Party no. 2, before the Jadavpur Police Station against the petitioner and three others for commission of the alleged offences punishable under Section 498A IPC read with section 3 and 4 of the dowry prohibition Act, 1961. The allegations levelled against the present petitioner is that the marriage was held on March 2022 and the present petitioners b