ORDER

(10/11/2020)

The Petitioner seeks quash of the charge-sheet arising from Crime No.1306/2017 registered at Police Station Kolgawan, district Satna, on 29.12.2017, for the offences punishable under sections 498-A and 304-B IPC. FIR has been registered by the CSP Satna upon the statements made by Mrs. Rekha Singh, Wife of Yadvendra Singh Parihar, who is mother of the deceased and Mrs. Shyama Devi, who is grandmother of the deceased. From their statements, it was disclosed to the police that the deceased Mrs. Prerna Singh used to be assaulted and harassed by her husband Udit Singh, the Petitioner herein, for non-fulfilment of dowry demand and on 4.12.2017 in the afternoon around 2:30 p.m., the deceased had gone with her mother Mrs. Rekha Singh to Sun Sign Hotel at Satna to attend a marriage function. At that time, it is alleged that there was a call on the mobile of Mrs. Rekha Singh from the Petitioner and she had handed over her phone to the deceased to speak with the Petitioner. The mother of the deceased further states that in the course of conversation, the deceased went to the terrace of the hotel and on account of the harassment by the Petitioner, jumped from the terrace and