HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3453 OF 2010 Date: 19.04.2010 Between: B. Ravinder and 3 others ……Petitioners And: The State of A.P., rep. by its PP and another ……Respondents. HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3453 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioners are the accused Nos.1 to 4 in Crime No.269 of 2009 of Subedari Police Station, Warangal District relating to offences punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. They are seeking quashing of the said FIR in this petition. A-1 is husband of the victim/2nd respondent who is the defacto- complainant. A-2 is mother, A-3 is sister and A-4 is brother of A-1. Marriage of A-1 with the 2nd respondent took place on 30.04.2006. It is alleged that all the petitioners were harassing the victim and treating her as servant-maid and without taking her to hospital even though she was suffering from illness and that the accused were demanding her to bring additional dowry of Rs.1,00,000/- and that on 12.07.2007 the petitioners 1 to 4 necked her out of the house demanding to bring additional dowry of Rs.1,00,000/-. It is stated that at the time of marriage, dowry of Rs.1,00,000/-, half tola of gold and ‘Adapaduchu Lanchanam’ of Rs.10,000/- were given apart from house hold articles. It is contended by the petitioners’ counsel that two years after the 2nd respondent left the petitioners’ house, the 2nd respondent gave report to the police and that the said report was given after the 2nd respondent received notice in Divorce O.P., filed by the 1st petitioner. Exparte decree of divorce was passed in OP.No.390 of 2008 on 19.11.2009 by the Judge, Family Court, Ranga Reddy District. Grant of divorce will not absolve the petitioners of marital offences if any committed prior to the said divorce. Truth or otherwise of allegations in the FIR can be decided only by the police after investigation during which evidence will be collected. I do not find any valid or legal reasons to quash the proceedings and to intercept investigation at its threshold. Hence, the petition is dismissed. ___________________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU,J Date:19.04.2010. Gk. HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3453 OF 2010 Date: 19.04.2010 Gk.