Sourav Kothari And ORS v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

13.07.2021 rrc CRR 362 of 2021 With CRAN 1 of 2021 Re : An application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

In the matter of : Sourav Kothari & Ors.

..... petitioners Mr. Sabyasachi Banerjee Mr. Rajiv Kumar ....For the petitioners Mr. Madhusudan Sur, ld. APP Mr. Dipankar Pramanick ....For the State Mr. Dipanjan Dutt ....For the opposite party no. 2 This is an application for quashing the CGR Case No. 2718/2018 under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and under Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 pending before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipore, 24-Parganas (South) on the joint prayer of the de-facto complainant and the petitioners. The present criminal proceedings are private in nature arising out of matrimonial relationship.

In view of the stand of the parties before this Court disclosed in the compromise petition, the continuation of the case will be an abuse of process of law.

In view of the aforesaid facts and the law laid down in the case reported at (2019) 5 SCC 688 (State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan), the criminal proceedings being CGR Case No. 2718/2018 under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, stands quashed. The revisional application being CRR 362 of 2021 and CRAN 1 of 2021 are disposed of.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Kausik Chanda, J.)