ORDER :

G.GIRISH, J.

The petitioners are the accused in C.C.No.740/2024 on the files of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Koyilandy, which arose out of Crime No.332/2024 of Elathur Police Station, Kozhikode. The offences alleged against them are under Sections 498A & 406 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 , (in short, ‘ IPC '). The offences relate to the alleged matrimonial cruelty perpetrated upon the de facto complainant by the first petitioner, who is her husband, and accused Nos.2, 3 & 4, who are respectively her mother-in-law, brother-in-law and wife of brother-in-law. It is alleged that ever since the marriage between the first petitioner and the de facto complainant on 03.02.2019, she was being subjected to mental cruelty by the petitioners. There is also the allegation that the petitioners misappropriated 63 sovereigns of gold ornaments which the de facto complainant obtained at the time of her marriage.

2. In the present petition, the petitioners would contend that even if the allegations levelled against them are accepted on face value, it will not constitute the offences alleged against them. It is further contended that even before the marriag