LAWS(SC)-2025-4-77

SUSHILA Vs. STATE OF U.P.

Decided On April 16, 2025
SUSHILA Appellant
V/S
STATE OF U.P. Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) Under the impugned order, the High Court has disposed of the appellants' prayer for quashing of the summoning order dtd. 23/4/2018 issued by the Trial Court in Complaint Case No. 2789 of 2015 under Ss. 498A, 323, 504, 506 of the Indian Pernal Code, 1860 ['IPC'] and Sec. 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 without deciding the quashing petition on merits.

(3.) Kumar Saurabh is the husband of respondent no. 2 (Smt. Charusmita) and the appellants are the relatives of Kumar Saurabh. The appellant no.1 - Sushila is the mother, appellant no. 2- Shailendra Dablu is the elder brother, appellant no. 3- Seema is the sister-in-law, appellant no. 4- Kulshreshtha Upadhyay is the elder brother and appellant no. 5 - Kanak is the sister of Kumar Saurabh. Kumar Saurabh and respondent no. 2 (Smt. Charusmita) were married on 17/6/2010. After the marriage, they lived in Kota (Rajasthan) for a brief period before she left the matrimonial home in October, 2010 taking away all her possessions including stridhan and started living with her parents.