Of the witnesses examined, apart from the companyplainant and Jagjit Kaur, one was to prove the first marriage and the other was to prove the second marriage of Darshan Singh with Mohinder Pal.
The appellant who is the brother of Jagjit Kaur filed a companyplaint before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Jullunder alleging that while the matrimonial tie between Darshan Singh and his sister Jagjit Kaur is still subsisting, Darshan Singh performed a second marriage with Mohinder Pal and the respondents in both the appeals abetted and assisted the second marriage.
All the respondents accused herein, without appearing before the CJM approached the High Court by filing a petition under Section 482 of the Code praying to quash the proceedings as against them.
ORDER Leave granted in both cases.
M.P. Nos.
3434 M/91 and 3436 M/91 dated 17.5.91 whereby the High Court allowed these two petitions filed under Section 482 of the CrPC hereinafter referred to as the Code and quashed the companyplaint filed by the appellant herein and all the subsequent proceedings arising thereon.
