IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 02.04.2026 Manjit Kaur ...Applicant/Appellant Versus Jaswant Singh ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present:- Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Advocate for the applicant-appellant.

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KIRTI SINGH , J. (Oral)

The present application has been preferred under Section 378(4)

Cr.P.C. seeking grant of leave to appeal against the judgment dated 05.12.2022 passed by the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bholath, District Kapurthala in the complaint case bearing No.COMI/09/2019, whereby respondent was acquitted of the charges framed against him under Sections 406 and 498-A IPC.

2. Brief factual matrix of the case at hand is that a complaint was moved by the complainant stating therein that her marriage was solemnized with respondent in January 1992 as per sikh rites and ceremonies and out of their wedlock, two male children were born, who unfortunately died shortly after birth. Despite sufficient dowry being given at the time of marriage, the respondent remained dissatisfied and subjected the complainant to continuous cruelty on trivial grounds, without any justifiable cause. Subsequently, the respondent ev