ORDER

This petition is filed to quash FIR in Crime No.16 of 2020 on the file of the first respondent.

2.According to the petitioners, the second respondent filed a petition before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchendur and it was forwarded to the first respondent police and based on the complaint, FIR in Crime No.16 of 2020 for the offences under Section 498A of IPC and Section 4 Dowry Prohibition Act was registered against the petitioners.

3.The prosecution case is that all the accused demanded dowry and caused cruelty to the defacto complainant. The petitioners are arrayed as A1 to A7. The first petitioner is husband of the defacto complainant and the second petitioner is mother in law and the petitioners 3 and 4 are sisters in law and the fifth petitioner is husband of third petitioner and sixth petitioner is husband of fourth petitioner and the seventh petitioner is maternal uncle of first petitioner. The marriage between the first petitioner and defacto complainant was solemnized on 29.05.2015. At that time, the parents of the defacto complainant had given 200 sovereigns of gold jewels and Rs. 20,00,000/- cash and household articles worth about Rs.1,00,000/- was given and t