The petitioners — a husband (Petitioner No. 1) and his mother (Petitioner No. 2) — sought quashing of FIR No. 204/2025 registered at P.S. Kunkuri, District Jashpur, Chhattisgarh, along with the charge-sheet and criminal proceedings before JMFC Kunkuri, under Section 498-A and Section 34 IPC. The complainant (Respondent No. 2), the legally wedded wife of Petitioner No. 1, alleged physical and mental cruelty, dowry demands of ₹5,00,000/- in gold and cash, coercion to abort her pregnancy, and abandonment after the birth of a female child. Mediation was attempted but failed, though Petitioner No. 1 deposited ₹1,00,000/- before the Mediation Centre as directed by the Court. The Chhattisgarh High Court considered a line of Supreme Court precedents — including Geeta Mehrotra, K. Subba Rao, Rashmi Chopra, Bhajan Lal, Payal Sharma, and Dara Lakshmi Narayan — which collectively hold that family members of a husband should not be roped into criminal proceedings on the basis of omnibus or general allegations without specific, particularised instances of their involvement. The Court examined whether the allegations in the FIR and charge-sheet disclosed a prima facie case warranting continuation of proceedings against both petitioners.