IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No. 3803 OF 2010 Date: 29.04.2010 Between: Mrs. Afsari Begum and another ..... Petitioners AND Smt. Parween Begum and another ....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners: Counsel for the Respondents: The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No. 3803 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioners 1 and 2/A2 and A3 are accused of offence punishable under Section 498-A I.P.C. The 1st petitioner is mother-in- law and the 2nd petitioner is sister-in-law of the 1st respondent/de facto complainant. A1 is her husband. Marriage of the 1st respondent with A1 took place in the year 2000. They have one daughter aged 8 years. It is alleged that A1 to A3 have been harassing the 1st respondent physically and mentally, in spite of her parents and elders mediating the issue, and that she was being beaten mercilessly and the accused were torturing her to bring additional dowry amount and house hold articles. It is stated that for the last two years, the 1st respondent has been living separately from the petitioners. It is contended that except evidence of the victim, no other evidence was collected by the investigating officer in support of her allegations. In this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C., this Court cannot go into sufficiency of evidence and truth or otherwise of the 1st respondent’s case because they are all questions of fact. Allegations levelled against the petitioners 2 and 3 taken on their face value, certainly attracted penal provision for which Crime No.38 of 2010 was registered by Falaknuma police. I do not find any merits in this petition. Hence, the petition is dismissed. ___________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J 29th April 2010 Ivd