J U D G M E N T

PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. This criminal appeal is against the dismissal of a petition under Section 482 of the CrPC to quash the FIR and the subsequent chargesheet against the appellants herein. By order dated 01.05.2018, this Court issued notice in the Special Leave Petition and stayed the criminal proceedings. The short and necessary facts for disposal of this criminal appeal are as follows. 3. Respondent no. 2 is the complainant. She was married to one Signature Not Verified Digitally sNignedi bryaj Mahendrabhai Patel in 2002, and he is not a party in these Indu Marwah Date: 2024.09.25

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proceedings. On 01.03.2013, the complainant filed a complaint, pursuant to which an FIR was registered on 25.03.2013 at P.S. Jalna, Maharashtra under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 read with Section 34 IPC against the appellants, who are her step mother- in-law (appellant no. 1), step brother-in-law (appellant no. 2), father-in-law (appellant no. 3), and the Munim (appellant no. 4).

The chargesheet in this case was filed on 30.07.2013.

4. A precise but accurate description of the allegations in the FIR are that, i) her husband is the son of t