husband and other in laws including the unmarried sister in law. The
application for quashing filed before the High court was mostly on the issue of
territorial jurisdiction which was declined and the matter went to the Hon’ble
Supreme Court and then it was held that the High court failed to see whether
the facts stated in the FIR prima facie constitute any prima facie offence
against the sister in law and the brother in law of the complainant . The
Hon’ble Supreme court quashed the proceedings on the ground that the there
were no allegations against the unmarried sister in law except casual reference
to their names. In a very recent decision reported in Dera Lakhsmi Narayana
vs State of Telengana5 it was held that mere naming of family members
without concrete evidence amounts to abuse of process of law.
