Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned
counsel for the O.P. No. 2 and learned APP for the State.
2. The instant application has been filed for quashing the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1513 of 2023(6) dt.24-07-2025
cognizance order dated 24.09.2019 passed by the learned
A.C.J.M.-4, Darbhanga, whereby cognizance has been taken
against the petitioners punishable under sections 323, 504,
498(A), 494 and 506/34 of the I.P.C. and Section 3/4 of the D.P.
Act arising out of Sakatpur P.S. Case no. 55/2017 dated
20.08.2017.
3. The prosecution story in short is that the marriage of
the victim informant was solemnized on 17.06.2013 with Arun
Singh @ Karan Singh (petitioner no. 4) and after marriage all
the accused persons started demanding Rs. 5 lakh by way of
dowry and on non-fulfillment, they continuously tortured her.
She stayed in her sasural for only 10 days and thereafter she left
for her naihar after bidai by the petitioners. Thereafter, the
matter was pacified with the help of the well wishers from
their village. It is further alleged that in the year 2017, on the
occasion of the Holi festival, all petitioners came to their
village, Kaithawar; in the meantime, on the night of Holi, her
father-in-law (Petitioner No. 1) attempted to outrage her
modesty. It is further alleged that her husband (Petitioner no. 4)
solemnized a second marriage with another lady, Mala Kumari.