Zeenews report "dont implicate whole family 498a"

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO . 1674 OF 2012

(Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 10547/2010)

 

Geeta Mehrotra & Anr. ..Appellants

Versus

State of U.P. & Anr. . Respondents

 

27. We, therefore, deem it just and legally
appropriate to quash the proceedings initiated against
the appellants Geeta Mehrotra and Ramji Mehrotra as
the FIR does not disclose any material which could be
held to be constituting any offence against these two
appellants. Merely by making a general allegation that
they were also involved in physical and mental torture
of the complainant-respondent No.2 without
mentioning even a single incident against them as also
the fact as to how they could be motivated to demand
dowry when they are only related as brother and sister
of the complainant’s husband, we are pleased to quash
and set aside the criminal proceedings in so far as
these appellants are concerned and consequently the
order passed by the High Court shall stand overruled.
The appeal accordingly is allowed.
……………………………J
(T.S. Thakur)
……………………………J
(Gyan Sudha Misra)
New Delhi,
October 17, 2012