The petitioner (husband) and co-petitioner (mother-in-law) sought quashing of FIR No. CR I-78/2018 registered at Vaghdod Police Station, Patan, which was filed by the wife (complainant) alleging cruelty, physical harassment, and dowry demands under Sections 498A, 323, and 114 of the IPC and Sections 3 and 7 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The Gujarat High Court found that the FIR was filed after a delay of over six months following an incident on 07-08 June 2018, and appeared to be a counterblast to a prior complaint lodged by the husband against the wife and her relatives for the same incident. The Court noted that the allegations were vague, omnibus, and bereft of specific dates, incidents, or overt acts attributable to each accused, and that roping in all family members without particularised allegations is a recognised misuse of matrimonial litigation. Relying on the Supreme Court's ruling in Dara Lakshmi Narayana v. State of Telangana (2024 INSC 953) and the principles in State of Haryana v. Ch. Bhajan Lal (AIR 1992 SC 604), the Court held that continuing the proceedings would amount to an abuse of process of law. Accordingly, the FIR and all consequential proceedings against the petitioners were quashed.