Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.809 of 2010 (7) dt.29-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.809 of 2010 ====================================================== Shree Niwas Pandey & Ors .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 7 29-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. This application, under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, is to quash the order dated 23.12.2008 passed in Complaint Case no.153 ( C ) of 2008 Tr. No.2544 of 2009 by the court of Sri K.M.Tiwary, Incharge S.D.J.M., Buxar, whereby the learned S.D.J.M. summoned the accused petitioners under [STATUTE] and ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the case has been settled between the parties. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the complainant O.P. No.2 denied the factum of compromise. On perusal of the impugned order I find no illegality Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.809 of 2010 (7) dt.29-11-2012 in the impugned order amounting to abuse of the process of the court. Accordingly, this application stands dismissed. However, the petitioners will be at liberty to raise all the points, as raised herein, before the court below at an appropriate stage of the trial. AnilKrSinha/- (Rajendra Kumar Mishra, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 498

Statute Text:
Section 498 of the Indian Penal Code. Enticing or taking away or detaining with a criminal intent a married woman. Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of any other man, from that man, or from any person having the care of her on behalf of that man, with intent that she may have illicit intercourse with any person, or conceals or detains with that intent any such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.