IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRAPRADESH AT HYDERABAD HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No.4366 of 2009 DATE:26.08.2010 Between: T.Sriram Kumar and another …… Petitioners And: State of Andhra Pradesh rep. By its Public Prosecutor And another …..Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No.4366 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioners 1 and 2 who are husband and mother-in-law of the 2nd respondent/defacto-complainant are accused of offence punishable under Section 498-A I.P.C in Crime No.331/2009 of Penamaluru Police Station of Vijayawada. On reading of entire allegations in the report given by the 2nd respondent, it is evident that there are enough allegations which satisfy the ingredients/statutory facts relating to offence punishable under Section 498-A I.P.C to the effect that the 2nd respondent was harassed for the sake of dowry. 2) It is contended by the petitioners’ counsel that the entire alleged incidents took place at Rajahmundry, where A-1 has been working as warder in Central Prison and that therefore, the Penamaluru police have no territorial jurisdiction to entertain report given by the 2nd respondent. Even as per allegations in the report, counselling was made to the 2nd respondent and A-1 in Penamaluru Police Station and in which counselling A-1 assured that he would look after the 2nd respondent properly and took her with him. Territorial jurisdiction is a mixed question of fact on law. It can only be decided only after entire case is investigated into by the police or after the entire trial of the case is completed in case the matter is pending in Court. Cause of action is bundle of facts which take the lis to the Court. Therefore, at this stage, this Court cannot be asked to jump to the conclusion that the entire cause of action in this case arose only at Rajahmundry and not within the territorial limits of Penamaluru police. In case the police come to the conclusion after investigation that no part of cause of action arose for the offence within Penamaluru Police Station limits, then it will be open to the police to transfer F.I.R to the police station having territorial jurisdiction to entertain the same. In the circumstances, I do not find any valid or legal reasons to stall the investigation or to quash F.I.R in this case. 3) In the result, the petition is dismissed. _______________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J August 26, 2010 KSH