The applicants, relatives of the husband (including mother-in-law, father-in-law, elder brother-in-law, his wife, and sister-in-law) filed a Section 482 Cr.P.C. application before the Allahabad High Court seeking to quash criminal proceedings under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, arising from an FIR lodged by the complainant Smt. Saheen alleging dowry harassment, cruelty, and an attempt to throttle her by her husband. The applicants argued that the allegations against the surviving relatives were vague, omnibus, and lacked specific overt acts, and that they resided separately from the complainant and her husband. The complainant's counsel countered that the applicants shared the same address as the husband and that no material had been placed on record to prove separate residence, indicating they were part of a joint family. The court considered the Supreme Court's ruling in Dara Lakshmi Narayana v. State of Telangana (2025) 3 SCC 735, which cautioned against implicating family members on the basis of general and omnibus allegations without specific roles attributed to each accused.