1. The petitioner herein married the 4th respondent in the year 2011. At the time of marriage, the parents of the petitioners had given her 300 sovereigns of gold ornaments, a Ford Endeavour Car and other valuables. A sum of Rs.42 lakhs was also given by her parents to her husband as a gift. The parties fell apart when it was revealed that the husband had cheated her by claiming to be a Post Graduate Doctor, which he was not. The husband and his family members are also alleged to have subjected the petitioner to cruelty and harassment in connection with demand for dowry.

2. The petitioner as well as her mother preferred separate complaints and two crimes were registered. Crime No. 528 of 2013 was registered at the instance of the mother of the petitioner herein alleging offences punishable under S.406, S.420 of the Indian Penal Code