IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2177 of 2009 DR.BARISTER SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ANR ----------- 4/ 23.7.2010 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The very absurd fact that the father of a bride who had just been married and was living in the house, would go to the house of his daughter and commit theft of properties as detailed in the complaint petition, persuades this Court to quash the proceedings without going into further details of the matter. There might have been some deteriorating circumstances in the society, but it has not so deteriorated as to see a father committing burglary in his own daughter’s house. While hearing learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 – the counsel for the petitioner not appearing – it came to light that the parties are litigating and bride had filed a case under section 498A of IPC. Absurdity of the allegations and the inherent improbability thereof persuaded me to declare the very initiation of the prosecution as sheer abuse of the process of the court in Complaint Petition no. 1760 of 2006 pending before the Court of Shri Ramsajjan, J.M. Ist Class, Chapra or his successor in office and the same is hereby quashed. The petition stands allowed. Anil/ ( Dharnidhar Jha, J.)