IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH

AT JABALPUR

BEFORE

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE B. P. SHARMA

th

ON THE 5 OF JANUARY, 2026

MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 1809 of 2021

JITENDRA CHOUHAN AND OTHERS

Versus

SANGITA CHOUHAN

Appearance:

Shri Aviral Vikas Khare - Advocate for the petitioners through video

conferencing.

None for the respondent.

ORDER respondent/complainant under Section 200 Cr.P.C. against the petitioners, alleging herself to be the wife of Petitioner No.1 and alleging commission of offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 406, 323, and 34 IPC. Petitioner No.1 is alleged to be her husband, while Petitioner Nos.2 and 3 are his parents, and Petitioner Nos.4 and 5 are his sisters. It is submitted that the learned Trial Court, without following the procedure prescribed under Section 202 Cr.P.C., mechanically took cognizance of the complaint and issued notices to the petitioners vide order dated 09.10.2018. It is further submitted that the respondent suppressed the material fact of her previous subsisting marriage with Bhuvnesh Chouhan, rendering the alleged marriage with Petitioner No.1 null and void ab initio under the Hindu Marriage Act. This position has been upheld by this Court in Criminal Revisi