SANJEEV RAI Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Petitioner married the Respondent No. 2 on June 22, 2004. The marriage was solemnized at Balia in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The Respondent No. 2 made a complaint with the local Police Station at Asansol that her husband and in-laws subjected her to torture. The Police initially did not entertain the complaint. She approached the learned Magistrate under Section 156 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(2.) The complaint before the learned Magistrate would reveal as under:

(3.) If we closely analyse the aforesaid petition of complaint we would find that the couple stayed for about less than a couple of months at Asansol in the last part of 2007 where the accused Nos. 6, 7 and 9 tortured her. In July 2006 negotiation took place at Asansol and a part of payment of Rs. 50,000/-was made there. Apart from these two incidents, no other part of the cause of action arose within the State.