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2025 Supreme(Online)(Pat) 1948

PATNA HIGH COURT
Purnendu Singh, J
Satyam Prakash Singh – Appellant
Versus
The State of Bihar – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Pratap Sharma
For the Respondents: Mr. Madhura Nand Jha, APP

Table of Content
1. allegations of dowry demands and domestic conflict. (Para 2 , 3)
2. parties expressed willingness to resolve their dispute amicably. (Para 4 , 5)
3. matrimonial disputes as private issues should prioritize reconciliation. (Para 8)
4. court's role in urging mediation for private conflicts. (Para 12 , 13)
5. the application for quashing is disposed of. (Para 17)

ORAL JUDGMENT

Date : 02-12-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred the application under Section 528 of BNSS for quashing the order taking cognizance dated 01.06.2018 and its consequential order dated 29.10.2024 passed by the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Hajipur, Vaishali in Complaint Case No. 2410/2017 by which the learned Magistrate has taken cognizance of offence against the petitioner under Sections 4 98A /34 and 494 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the DP Act.

3. Prosecution story, in brief, is that the complainant was married to Satyam Prakash Singh (the petitioner) on 30.05.2013 after his divorce from his first wife namely Nidhi on 21.06.2012. It is further alleged that the complainant’s husband

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