Crl. Misc. No.M-6124 of 2010 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-6124 of 2010 Date of Decision: September 30, 2010 Harmanpreet Singh and another …..Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another …..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr. B.S. Jaswal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.P.S. Bajwa, DAG, Punjab. Ms.Gursharan Kaur, Advocate for respondent No.2. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioners seek the quashing of FIR No.515 dated December 12, 2009 under Sections 406, 420, 498-A IPC, at Police Station Civil Lines, District Amritsar, registered at the instance of Paramjit Kaur wife of Gurpreet Singh alleging that she was maltreated by her husband and his father Amrik Singh and mother Gurjit Kaur. There are vague allegations Crl. Misc. No.M-6124 of 2010 [2] against petitioner No.2 who happens to be her married sister-in-law and petitioner No.1 is husband of petitioner No.2. A perusal of the FIR indicates that all the family members of Gurpreet Singh have been roped in the case with vague allegations that they have given beatings to the complainant and harassed the complainant to bring more dowry. No specific day and date has been mentioned in the FIR. Besides this, there does not appear to be any specific allegation against the petitioners of having misappropriated any dowry articles specifically entrusted to the petitioners. The lodging of the FIR and continuation of proceedings against the petitioners is thus an abuse of the process of the Court warranting exercise of inherent jurisdiction by this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Applying the principles of State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal, AIR 2004 SC 604, I am of the opinion that bare reading of the allegations in the FIR do not constitute any offence against the petitioners. Petition is allowed. FIR No. 515 dated December 12, 2009 under Sections 406, 420, 498-A IPC, at Police Station Civil Lines, District Amritsar and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed qua the petitioners, however, the proceedings against the other accused may continue, in accordance with law. September 30, 2010 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE