Penal Code, 1860–Secs. 498A, 406, 384, 420 & 120-B–Prayer for quashing the FIR–Declined by the High Court–Justification–Respondent no. 2 earlier had lodged the FIR with same allegations in Hisar–Thereafter, the second FIR was lodged at Udaipur–Respondents did not file the application for withdrawing the earlier FIR on the ground that it was wrongly filed nor the said complaint was sought to be transferred at Udaipur as the offence was committed in Udaipur–In the criminal proceedings before the Trial Court Hisar, the respondents did not appear and the Trial Court recorded the findings of acquittal after closing their evidence–Findings of High Court that the complainant at Udaipur was prior in point of time is contrary to record–Further, the findings of High Court that the Rajasthan Police was not aware about the earlier proceedings initiated at Hisar are also erroneous–Respondents misused their official position by lodging the complaints one after other–Their conduct before the Court of Hisar also shows their intention to harass the appellant–Proceeding stood quashed with imposing the cost of Rs. five lakh on them.
