ORDER

The accused Nos.2 and 3 in C.C.No.632/2019 on the files of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Attingal, have filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C., to quash the proceedings against them in the aforesaid case. The allegations against the petitioners are in connection with the commission of offence under Section 498A of the IPC r/w Section 34 . 2. The prosecution case is that the petitioners, who are the father-in-law and the second wife of the father-in-law of the defacto complainant, subjected the defacto complainant to cruelty, along with the first accused, demanding more gold ornaments and money. It is stated that the defacto complainant was being subjected to cruelty, after the first accused went abroad in connection with his employment. It is alleged that the second accused (first petitioner) often harassed the defacto complainant by seeking sexual favours. As against the third accused, the allegation is that she was having an illicit relationshi