HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.665 of 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.3 to 6, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.14 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 506 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. It is mainly contended by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the allegations in the charge sheet even if taken at their face value do not disclose any offence committed by the petitioners herein. 3. This Court heard the other side and also perused the charge sheet and other material available on record. 4. The record prima facie reveals that specific allegations are made against A.1, A.2 and A.7 . As far as the petitioners herein are concerned, nowhere it is stated that they demanded the defacto complainant to bring additional dowry or harassed her mentally and physically. In the absence of any such allegations in the complaint or in the charge sheet, this Court is of the view that continuation of the proceedings against the petitioners herein amounts to abuse of process of the Court. Hence, this Court has no hesitation to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.14 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. As far as the other accused are concerned, the learned Magistrate is hereby directed to conclude the trial, within a period of three (3) months. _____________ RAJA ELANGO, J 9th February, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.665 of 2010 (Allowed) 9th February, 2011 CBS