THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8930 of 2009 Dated : 30.10.2009 Between : A.Ravinder & another ….. Petitioners a n d The State of A.P. & others ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8930 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioners/Accused seeking to quash the proceedings in D.V.C.No.6 of 2009 on the file of X Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Secunderabad, filed under Section 12 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, seeking reliefs under Sections 18, 19, 20 and 22 thereof. 2) Heard. 3) The allegations leveled against the petitioners are of demanding and taking dowry and additional dowry from the father of the complainant and harassing the victim for the same. The reliefs sought for by the complainant in D.V.C.No.6 of 2009 are of protection, shelter in a shared household, monthly maintenance and compensation. 4) First petitioner is the husband and second petitioner is the mother-in-law of the complainant. Apart from D.V.C.No.6 of 2009, crime No.26 of 2009 of Begumpet Police Station is also pending against the petitioners for the offence punishable under Section 498-A of IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. In view of serious allegations leveled against the petitioners and also in view of the reliefs sought for by the complainant in D.V.C.No.6 of 2009, the proceedings against the petitioners cannot be quashed and the criminal petition is liable to be dismissed. 5) However, keeping in view the advanced age of the second petitioner, the trial Court shall dispense with her presence on filing an appropriate application. 6) Accordingly, the criminal petition is dismissed. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 30th October, 2009 SUR