Order on Board

20 .07 . 2023

1. Heard Mr. Jitendra Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also

heard Mr. H.S. Ahluwalia, learned Deputy Advocate General, appearing for the respondent No. 1 / State.

2. The present application has been filed by the applicant with the following prayer:

“It is, therefore, respectfully prayed that the Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to allow this petition and further be pleased to set-aside the impugned order dated 16.09.2014 (Annexure P/1) passed by the learned Session Judge Raipur (C.G.) in Criminal Revision No. 265/2014 and the order dated 28.07.2014 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class Tilda, Distt. Raipur (C.G.) in Criminal Case No. 141/2014 and the petitioners may kindly be discharged from the charges framed under Section 498 (A) of Indian Penal Code, in the interest of justice.

3. It has argued by the learned counsel for the petitioner argued that the petitioner No. 1 is mother-in-law, petitioner No. 2 is husband, and the petitioners No. 3 and 4 are maternal grant parents-in-law of the respondent No. 2 / Tara Bai and the present FIR has been lodged by respondent No. 2, who is wife of the petitioner for offence under Section 498(A