ORDER

Dated this the 23^rd day of February, 2026 The petitioners 1 to 4 involved in Crime No.443/2023 of Kannamali police station, filed this Crl.M.C. under Section 528 of BNSS , praying for quashing all further proceedings against them. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Sections 304-B & 306 of IPC .

2. The prosecution case is that the 1^st accused married the daughter of the defacto complainant who was studying in Australia on 30.10.2022 while they were living there as husband and wife, the accused persons threatened to abandoned her in Australia, appropriated more than Rs.10 lakhs from her account and another Rs.3 lakhs sent by the defacto complainant and subjected her to cruelty both physically and mentally and as a result of which she committed suicide on 03.01.2023.

3. According to the learned counsel for the petitioners, it is a false case foisted against the petitioners. Moreover, according to him, now the entire dispute between the petitioners and the defacto complainant has been settled. Therefore, he prayed for quashing all further proceedings against the petitioners.

4. The learned counsel for the 2^nd respondent/defacto complainant also submitted tha