IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE HIMANSHU JOSHI ON THE 25^th OF FEBRUARY, 2026 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 50895 of 2021 SULEKHA KUSHWAH AND OTHERS Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Anurag Gohil - Advocate for the applicants.

Smt. Pushpanjaly Dwivedi - Panel Lawyer for the respondent-

State.

ORDER The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C., invoking the inherent jurisdiction of this Hon’ble Court for quashment of FIR/Crime No.439/2020 registered at Police Station Bina, District Sagar, for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, including RCT No.186/2021 pending before the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Bina, District Sagar.

2. The facts of the case are that the applicants are sister-in-law (nanand) of respondent no.2. The marriage of Respondent No. 2 with Rohit Kushwah, the husband and brother of the present applicants, was solemnized on 18.04.2017 at Bina, District Sagar, in accordance with Hindu rites and rituals. S