The Court examined the FIR and noted that specific and categoric roles were attributed to each petitioner.
“A fair reading of the FIR reveals that, the complainant, a woman-a newlywed daughter-in-law was pitted against the might of the five petitioners, who were abusing and ill treating her on petty issues,” it stated.
The Court determined that the sole aim appeared to be to extort money from the complainant and her parents, which was was apparent from the fact that they refused to return her ‘Streedhan’.
Thereafter, the Court observed that the three sisters-in-law had subjected the complainant to peculiar and sadistic ill-treatment.
All of this, the Court determined, was enough for the complainant to fear that the petitioners were a threat to her life.
The Court should not hold a mini-trial at this stage, the Bench said while refusing to quash the FIR.
Source: Barandbench
