IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD SATURDAY THE TWENTYNINETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.KRISHNAMOHAN REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 7477 OF 2008 Between: Thirumalaraju Seshamraju & Ors. … Petitioners-A1 to A5 V/s. Kakarlapudi @ Thirumalaraju Aswani & Anr. .. Respondents- Complnt. Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri C. Ramchandra Raju Counsel for the Respondent No.1 : Sri PRK Amarender Kumar Counsel for the Respondent No.2 : Addl.Public Prosecutor The Court made the following : (Order follows next page). THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.KRISHNAMOHAN REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 7477 OF 2008 O R D E R : This Criminal Petition is filed under section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash charge sheet in CC.No.126 of 2008 on the file of the Court of Additional Munsif Magistrate, Kandukur, Praksam district registered for offence punishable under Section 498-A I.P.C. 2. The Petitioners are A-1 to A-5 and the first respondent is the de- facto complainant in the Calender Case. For convenience sake, I refer them as arrayed in the Calender Case. 3. Heard Sri C.Ramchandra Raju, learned counsel appearing for A- 1 to A-5 and learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the State. 4. The brief facts of the case necessary for considering the criminal petition are as follows : A-2 and A-3 are the parents of A-1 and A-4 and A-5 are the sister and brother-in-law of A-1. The de-facto complainant in the case (first respondent herein), who is the wife of A-1 lodged a complaint with the police of Singarayakonda alleging harassment of her by A-1 to A-5 and the same was duly registered as Crime No. 181 of 2007 for the offence punishable under section 498-A IPC. ` The police filed charge sheet in the case after the completion of the investigation of the case alleging that A-1 to A-5 proved to have harassed the defacto complainant both physically and mentally for silly reasons and in the month of April, 2007 she went for delivery and in the month of June, 2007 she gave birth to a male child and she returned to the matrimonial house along with the child and then also A-1 to A-5 harassed her and as she got no other way, she left the matrimonial house and on 06-11-2007 while she was in a classroom A-1 to A-5 went there and made lot of nuisance and subjected her to further harassment. 5. It is contended on behalf of A-1 to A-5 that the charge sheet does not contain any material about any harassment of her by A-1 to A-5 for the sake of dowry and even if the entire charge sheet is taken to be true, no offence is made out under section 498-A IPC. 4. There are specific allegations of harassment by A-1 to A-5 against the defacto complainant in respect of the alleged offence supported by record. Unless trial is conducted, the complicity of A-1 to A-5 in the case cannot be decided. There are no grounds to quash the proceedings. In the result, the criminal petition is dismissed. ___________________________________ JUSTICE G. KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY. 29-10-2011 I s L THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G. KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 7477 OF 2008 CIRCULATION No. 266 Date:29-10-2011 Court Master: I s L Computer No. 43