The applicants (husband and his family members) filed an application under Section 482 CrPC before the Allahabad High Court seeking to quash the charge-sheet dated 20.01.2018, the cognizance order dated 08.03.2018, and all proceedings in a case registered under Sections 498-A, 323, 406 IPC and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, arising out of an FIR lodged by the wife's father after the husband filed for divorce. The applicants contended that the FIR was a malicious counter-blast to the divorce proceedings, that the marriage was dowry-less given it was the husband's second marriage, and that the police investigation was perfunctory. The Court, however, found that the FIR and statements recorded under Section 161 CrPC contained specific and separate allegations against each applicant, that a charge-sheet had been filed after proper investigation, and that the learned Magistrate had duly taken cognizance. Relying on the Supreme Court's ruling in Muskan v. Ishaan Khan (2025) that inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC must be exercised sparingly and that courts should not conduct a mini-trial at the quashing stage, the Court declined to quash the proceedings.