(1.) Heard Mr. A.V. Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. Bhaskar Sarma, learned Addl. P.P. for the State respondent no. 1 and M r. B. Kaushik, learned counsel for the respondent no. 2.
(2.) By filing this criminal petition under sec. 482 Cr.P.C., the petitioner has prayed for quashing of the FIR lodged by respondent no. 2, which is registered as Dispur PS Case No. 671/2022 under sec. 498A of the IPC.
(3.) The petitioner and the respondent no. 2 are related as husband and wife. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is an officer of the Assam Police and is currently posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Zone, Guwahati.