THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.1436 OF 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner – accused No.2 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.223 of 2009 on the file of the I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Warangal, arising out of a private complaint, which was later registered as Crime No.142 of 2009 for the offence punishable under Sections 498(A) IPC and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard. 3. No doubt, the allegations against the other accused are somewhat omnibus in nature. But against the present petitioner, who is the father of the husband of the de facto complainant, the allegations are serious, saying that he demanded dowry of Rs.5,00,000/- immediately after the marriage and harassed the de facto complainant. 4. Considering these circumstances, it is not a fit case for quashing the proceedings against the petitioner and I see no merits in this petition and the same is liable to be dismissed. 5. The Criminal Petition is accordingly dismissed. ___________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. Date: 22-02-2010 Rns