PATNA, India, Jan. 9 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Dec. 15, 2025:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48895 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-112 Year-2017
Thana- GOPALGANJ COMPLAINT CASE District- Gopalganj Ramajee Rai Son of Chanardeo Rai Resident of Vill -Mogalahi P.SPhulwariya Dist -Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar
Mintu Devi Wife of Manoj Kumar Rai Resident of Vill -Mogalahi P.SPhulwariya Dist -Gopalganj At P/A- Daughter of Amarjeet Singh VillagePipra Khas Ps- Mirganj, dist- Gopalganj Opposite Party/s Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Umesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Anand Kishore Choudhary, APP CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU
SINGH ORAL JUDGMENT
Date : 15-12-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2 The petitioner has preferred the application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. / 528 BNSS for quashing of the order dated 19.07.2019 passed by the learned A.C.J.M.-XIII, Gopalganj in complaint case No.112 of 2017, Trial No.601 of 2025, whereby cognizance has been taken under Section 498A of the IPC.
The prosecution's story, in brief, is that the complainant's marriage was solemnized with one Manoj Rai in the year 2009, and from the said wedlock they were blessed with a girl child. Thereafter, her husband fell ill and underwent Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48895 of 2025 dt.15-12-2025 2/5 treatment, during which a huge amount of money was spent. Thereafter, the petitioner and in-laws started demanding a cash of rupees one lacs and for non-fulfillment of the demand, they subjected her to cruelty both mental and physical. The accused persons also ousted the complainant on 30.12.2016 from her matrimonial home.
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