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
Sate of Telengana3 it was held that mere naming of family members without
concrete evidence amounts to abuse of process of law.
