Cr.Misc. NO. M 14110 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Cr.Misc. NO. M 14110 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION 25.5.2009 Ravinder Singh ......PETITIONER VERSUS State of Punjab ......RESPONDENTS PRESENT: Mr. Sukhjit Singh, Advocate. M.M.S.BEDI,J. The petitioner is the husband of Paramjit Kaur. He seeks quashing of the FIR u/s 406/498-A IPC, registered at the instance of Paramjit Kaur alleging that dowry articles had been given by per parents and that the petitioner and his family members had started humiliating her on account of demand of dowry. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that the marriage of complainant with the petitioner was a run away love marriage. The petitioner had been disinherited by his parents on account of the said marriage. The probability of dowry articles having been given to the petitioner is remote on the face of it. The complainant was earlier married and that she had obtained divorce from her earlier husband on 21.11.2007 whereas the complainant had married the petitioner on 12.2.2006. The marriage being void, the continuation of proceedings against the petitioner are an abuse of the process of the court,as such these deserve to be quashed. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considered the facts and circumstances of this case. Challan has already been presented against the petitioner. The marriage of the petitioner with the Cr.Misc. NO. M 14110 of 2009 2 complainant on 12.2.2006 cannot be said to be a voidable marriage as the petitioner has not produced any material on record to indicate that the validity of the marriage of the petitioner with the complainant stands challenged before any court of law till date. The allegations of demand of dowry cannot be considered as improbable merely because it was a love marriage. No opinion can be expressed regarding the cruel treatment attributed to the petitioner in the FIR. No ground is, therefore, made out for quashing of the FIR. Dismissed. Nothing said the in the order will prejudice the right of the petitioner to challenge the truthfulness or the credibility of the allegations levelled by the complainant Paramjit Kaur in the FIR. May 25 ,2009 ( M.M.S.BEDI ) TSM JUDGE