PATNA, India, April 22 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on April 21:
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The present application has been preferred by the petitioner for quashing the order of cognizance dated 17.12.2021 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Patna arising out of Mahila P.S. Case No.143 of 2020, whereby the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate has taken cognizance for the offences punishable under Sections 498A and 313 of the Indian Penal Code (in short 'IPC') and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against the petitioner.
3. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that informant, Shifali Suman, was married to the petitioner on 25.11.2015 as per Hindu r...