As per case facts an FIR was registered against the appellant-husband and his in-laws under Section A cruelty and Section criminal breach of trust of the IPC based on the ... wife's complaint detailing dowry demands and abuse from The Sessions Court discharged the accused holding the case was time-barred limitation of three years and noting the possibility of false implication as the wife was a police officer The High Court set aside the discharge finding the Sessions Court's reasoning perverse The husband appealed the High Court's order and sought to quash the FIR The question arose Whether the complaint under Section A of the IPC was barred by limitation under Section of the CrPC when the alleged incidents occurred in but the formal complaint FIR was registered in Finally the Supreme Court allowed the appeal quashing the FIR and Chargesheet under Article of the Constitution It clarified that the complaint was not time-barred as the relevant date for computing limitation under Section CrPC is the date of filing the complaint July which was within three years of the last alleged offense December rather than the date of taking cognizance July but nonetheless quashed the proceedings due to the generic and vague nature of the allegations against the husband and his family

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