OM PRAKASH GUPTA Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the State. First information report of Chakradharpur P.S. Case No. 81 of 2012 (G.R. No. 1716/12), instituted under Sections 498A, 315 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and also under Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, is being sought to be quashed on the ground that the parties have settled their matrimonial dispute and they have entered into a compromise. It is the case of the complainant that immediately after marriage she was being subjected to torture on account of nonfulfillment of the demand of dowry such as cot, Golden and Silver ornaments etc. When she carried pregnancy, all the accused persons forced her to have test of sex determination and then the accused persons brought her to Bilaspur where the accused persons get her pregnancy terminated. When she carried pregnancy again the accused persons again started forcing her to have sex determination test and in order to abort pregnancy they assaulted her and ultimately she was driven out of house. On such allegations, Chakradharpur P.S. Case No. 81 of 2012 was registered under Sections 498A, 315 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and also under Section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

(2.) LEARNED counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that after institution of the case, when the petitioners moved for bail, the matter was referred to the Mediation Center, Chaibasa, where the dispute in between the wife and husband got resolved in the following terms: