IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE B. P. SHARMA

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ON THE 8 OF JANUARY, 2026 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 18267 of 2025 SH.YASWARDHAN MISHRA AND OTHERS Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Neeraj Kumar Garg - Advocate for the petitioners. Shri Ankit SaXEna, Advocate for the respondent No.2.

Shri Deepak Tiwari - PL for respondent/State.

ORDER By way of the present petition filed under Section 528 of the BNSS

2023, the applicant seeks quashing of FIR (Annexure P/1) dated 7.7.2024 registered as Crime No.0194/2024, at Police Station, Mahila Thana, Bhopal (MP) for the offences under Sec.498A/34 of the IPC and Sec.3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. 2. As per the facts discernible from the FIR (Annexure P/1), the marriage of the complainant, Anjali Mishra, with petitioner No. 1, Yashwardhan Mishra, was fixed through the matrimonial website Jeevansathi.com. With the consent of the family members of both the parties, the marriage was solemnized on 06.12.2020 at Bhopal. At the time of marriage, as per the demand of the family members of petitioner No. 1, the father of the complainant gave c