ORAL JUDGMENT

1.Order dated 05.04.2010 below application under section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short 'Cr.P.C.'); Exh.9 preferred by petitioner no.4 rendered by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, Surat, in Sessions Case No.314 of 2008 rejecting the petitioner’s application for discharge for the offences punishable under sections 498A and 306 of Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) and section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act is sought to be assailed in this Revision Application.

2.The question is whether the sister of father of husband of the deceased is a relative of the husband within the meaning of section 498A of Indian Penal Code as also whether she could be charged for an offence under the said provision.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has invited the attention of this Court Vijeta Gajra v. State of NCT of Delhi; [AIR 2010 (SC) 2712], K Subbarao v. the State of Telangana to be presented by Secretary, Department of Home and others; [2018 Lawsuit (SC) 813] and U. Suvitha v. State represented by Inspector of Police and another; [(2009) 3 GLR 2478]; to buttress the submission that sister of the father of the husband of the deceased is not