IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No. 3815 OF 2010 Date: 29.04.2010 Between: T.Ramanamma and others ..... Petitioners AND The State of A.P., rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad and others ....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners: Counsel for the Respondents: The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No. 3815 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioners 1 and 2 are parents-in-law, the 3rd petitioner is sister-in-law and the 4th petitioner is brother-in-law of the 3rd respondent, who filed D.V.C.No.41 of 2009 on the file of IX Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Miyapur, Cyberabad. The 3rd respondent filed the said case against her husband as well as the petitioners herein for several reliefs, namely, Protection order against all of them under Section 18 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (in short, the Act), monetary reliefs by way of return of dowry amount of Rs.2,00,000/- and gold articles under Section 20 of the Act, maintenance of Rs.10,000/- per month under Section 20 of the Act, for residence in matrimonial house under Section 19 of the Act and also compensation of Rs.5,00,000/- for mental torture and emotional distress caused by the petitioners under Section 22 of the Act. It is contended that at the instance of the 3rd respondent, the police filed criminal case under Section 498-A I.P.C and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against husband and parents-in-law and that she also filed another maintenance case. There is no bar for the 3rd respondent/wife for filing this domestic violence case even if she had already filed the other cases. Relief under the Act is in addition to other remedies under general criminal law. I do not find any merits in this petition for quashing the proceedings in D.V.C.No.41 of 2009. In the result, the petition is dismissed. However, personal attendance of the 3rd petitioner herein in D.V.C.No.41 of 2009 in the lower Court is dispensed with. ___________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J 29th April 2010 Ivd