Debaraj Behera v. State of Odisha
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Odisha HC single-judge order (Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra, 15.04.2025) disposing CRLMC 867/2022: 498A family/dowry-cruelty FIR (Bhubaneswar Info City P.S. Case No.10 of 2018) by a daughter-in-law against her elderly in-laws; omnibus and general allegations only; husband cited as witness against his own parents; charge-sheet 2022, cognizance 10.01.2022 (SDJM Bhubaneswar); case frozen because the informant settled in London and ignored service attempts (IIC report 08.02.2025); criminal proceeding C.T. Case No.2101 of 2018 and consequential proceedings quashed qua petitioners as a futile exercise/abuse of process, applying Gian Singh (2012) 10 SCC 303 and B.S. Joshi (2003) 4 SCC 675; Kahkashan Kausar @ Sonam (Criminal Appeal No.195 of 2022, paras 12 and 22) pressed by counsel and reproduced in the order. Search tags: Section 498A IPC quashing; omnibus allegations; in-laws; senior citizens; informant residing abroad; abuse of process; SDJM Bhubaneswar; CRLMC.