2. The present FIR was registered pursuant to a complaint filed by Respondent No. 2 against the petitioners, who are the family members of her husband namely– Sh. Priya Ranjan Mishra, alleging harassment on the ground of demand for dowry and for not returning her stridhan. Petitioner Nos. 1 and 2 are the father in-law and mother in-law of Respondent No. 2, respectively. Petitioner Nos. 3 and 4 are the wives of Respondent No. 2’s brother in-laws and Petitioner No. 5 is the sister in-law of Respondent No. 2.

3. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that in April 2007, Respondent No. 2 received a marriage proposal from Sh. Priya Ranjan Mishra through her profile on the Bharat Matrimony website. After a few exchanges of conversation, it was agreed that the families of Respondent No. 2 and Sh. Priya Ranjan Mishra would meet at Bokaro, Jharkhand. It is alleged that during this meeting, in-laws of Respondent No. 2 demanded a lavish wedding ceremony along with ?30,00,000/- in cash as dowry. Upon this demand, the father of Respondent No. 2 declined to proceed with the proposal. Thereafter, it is alleged that Sh. Priya Ranjan Mishra persistently contacted Respondent No. 2 and her brother,