IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VISHAL MISHRA

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ON THE 9 OF OCTOBER, 2025 WRIT PETITION No. 38453 of 2025 LUCKY RAI AND OTHERS Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Abhinav Kumar Tiwari - Advocate for petitioners.

Shri Sumit Raghuwanshi - Government Advocate for respondents/State.

ORDER The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner seeking quashment of FIR being crime No.19/2025 registered at Police Station Mahila Thana, District Balaghat and subsequent Charge-sheet dated 02.06.2025 filed before Judicial Magistrate First Class, Balaghat for the offences punishable under Sections 85 & 351(3)of the BNS, 2023 and Section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

2. It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner No.1 entered into a lawful marriage with respondent No.6 on 19.06.2019 in accordance with Hindu rites and customs and pursuant to the said wedlock, a female child was born on 08.06.2020. After the marriage, respondent No.6 began residing at the petitioner’s matrimonial home. From the very inception of the marriage, the respondent No.6 persistently press