LAW FOR ALL

High Court of Madhya Pradesh At Jabalpur = quash the proceeding of Criminal Case No. 2054/2016 pending before J.M.F.C, Harda for offence under Sections 498- A, 294, 506 of I.P.C read with Section 3 /4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. = It is also to be seen that the Adhar Card, Ration Card submitted by the petitioners indicate that they are residents of different places. It is not uncommon in the Indian context that the family members are roped in the domestic disputes. Therefore, following the law laid down in Neelu Chopra & Another Vs. Bharti, AIR 2009 SC (Supp) 2950, wherein “the Supreme Court has expressed its concern with regard to false implication of husband and his relatives in the cases under section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code by disgruntled wives. It has also been held that the tendency of falsely implicating even those relatives of husband, who lived separately and in different cities is also growing. It has been held that if there are no specific and credible allegations against, with necessary particulars against the relatives of the husband, they should not be made to suffer the ignominy of a criminal trial,” this petition is partly allowed. So far as the petitioner Nos. 4- Mangal, petitioner No. 5- Chhaya Bai, petitioner No. 6- Lakhanlal Chouhan and petitioner No. 7- Maya are concerned. the crime lodged against petitioner Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 is quashed. So far as petitioner No. 1-Brajesh Verma, petitioner No. 2- Laxmi Verma and the petitioner No. 3- Usha Verma are concerned, this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C is dismissed.