THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1558 OF 2003 JUDGMENT: The State preferred the present appeal against the order, dated 04.07.2002, passed by the I Additional Sessions Judge, Warangal in Criminal Revision Petition No.27 of 2002. The learned Sessions Judge by the said judgment, set aside the order passed in S.C.No.79 of 2002 on the file of the II Additional Assistant Sessions Judge, Warangal, whereunder the petition filed by the respondents herein-accused requesting the Court to return the complaint to the de facto complainant for presentation of the same before the proper Court was dismissed. The case of the prosecution in brief is that the de facto complainant filed a private complaint before the IV Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Warangal, alleging that her marriage with A-1 was performed on 22.03.1996 and at the time of marriage, her parents gave cash, gold ornaments, household articles and clothes to A-1, as per the previous agreement. After marriage, A-1 started demanding the de facto complainant to bring additional dowry from her parents and started harassing her physically and mentally. While so, on 17.05.2001, A-1 to A- 3 forcibly took her gold ornaments, poured kerosene on her and tried to set her fire and when she raised cries, the neighbours came there and that the accused left from the place and she escaped from there. Later, she filed a complaint before the Station House Officer, Hanamkonda, but, as the Police refused to receive the complaint, she filed a private complaint before the learned Magistrate for offences punishable under Sections 498- A, 307 and 506 IPC and under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. In this case, a preliminary objection was taken by the accused in S.C.No.79 of 2002 file of the II Additional Assistant Sessions Judge, Warangal, stating that the Courts at Warangal have no jurisdiction, but the same was dismissed, after hearing the arguments of the learned counsel and learned Public Prosecutor. Aggrieved by the same, the accused filed Criminal Revision Petition No.27 of 2002 on the file of the I Additional Sessions Judge, Warangal, who vide his judgment dated 04.07.2002, allowed the said Crl.R.P., holding that the incident of harassment did not take place at Hanamkonda and as such, the Courts at Warangal have no jurisdiction to entertain the case and further observed that the competent Courts which has got the jurisdiction is within the area of Malkajgiri. The same is questioned by the State by filing this Revision. This Revision was admitted by this Court on 05.01.2004. But, as the notices sent to the respondents herein-accused were not served, this Court orally directed the learned Public Prosecutor to serve notices on the respondents by the Police concerned, but the learned Public Prosecutor failed to get the notices served on the respondents, in which event, this Court is of the view that this Revision cannot be entertained. Accordingly, the Criminal Revision Case is dismissed. ___________________________________ JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA 28th October 2010 dr