THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13245 OF 2010 DATED 28th MARCH, 2011. BETWEEN : V.Shravan Kumar & another .. Petitioners-A.1 & A.2 and The State of A.P. & another ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13245 OF 2010 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.53 of 2009 on the file of the VII Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Hayathnagar, for the offence punishable under Sections 498A, 366A read with 511 of Indian Penal Code and 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. The second petitioner herein is the mother of the first petitioner, who is the husband of the de facto complainant. The allegations as per the complaint are of demanding additional dowry of Rs.25 lakhs and also of humiliation and harassment. This Court perused the entire records and also the charge sheet filed by the investigation agency. On entire reading of the statements as well as the charge sheet filed by the investigation agency, no specific allegations are made out against the second petitioner-A.2, the mother of A.1, except the bald allegation that the act of A.1 is due to the instigation of A.2. But, it is nowhere stated as to in what manner A.1 was instigated by A.2. On a careful reading of the entire material on record, this Court is of the considered view that no offence is made out against the second petitioner-A.2 to attract the offence punishable under Sections 498A, 366A read with 511 of Indian Penal Code and 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Hence, the further proceedings against the second petitioner can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed in part quashing the further proceedings against A.2 alone in C.C.No.53 of 2009 on the file of the VII Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Hayathnagar, and the trial Court is directed to proceed further against the first petitioner-A.1. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 28.03.2011 sur