HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.No. 3264 of 2009 Date: 12-08-2010 Between: K. Naraiah Goud and others …….. Petitioners and K. Hemalatha and another ……… Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.No. 3264 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioners, who are A-2 to A-5 and A-7 to A-10, approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.68 of 2009 of Women Police Station, Charminar (South Zone), Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A of IPC and 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The case of the prosecution is that the marriage of the first petitioner and the first respondent herein was performed in the year 2007 and at the time of marriage, an amount of Rs.5,00,000/- cash and half acre land and other household articles were presented. They lived happily for sometime and later, the petitioners started harassing the first respondent physically and mentally and the first petitioner scolded her and necked out of the house to bring additional dowry of Rs.5,00,000/-. Therefore, the first respondent gave a complaint to the police and basing on the same, the present crime is registered. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the allegations made in the complaint are false in nature. The complaint lodged by the first respondent runs as follows: “I, K. Hemalata, W/o. K. sudhakar Goud submit that, I married with Mr. K. Sudhakar Goud on 09-05-2007. In my marriage my father given Rs.5,00,000/- as Dowry, Half Acre land at Village, and given all household articles to my husband in my marriage and my father solemnized my marriage by spending about Rs.15,00,000/-. My husband is a Teacher by profession. After my marriage my husband and in laws lived happily about to months with me and thereafter my husband K. Sudhakar Goud and my father-in-law Rani and her husband Nagendra and my husband’s sister-in-law namely Smt. Padma and her husband K. Shekar Goud started harassing and threatening me on petty matters. My husband and above said in laws beats me mercilessly without any reason by saying get more dowry amount of Rs.5,00,000/- apart from the amount given in my marriage. My husband and above said in laws scolds me and my entire family members in mostly filthy language. ……………” The beginning of the complaint itself shows that there are specific allegations. Therefore, whether those allegations are genuine or false should be investigated by the Investigating Officer. Hence, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation and there are no grounds to quash the proceedings against the petitioners at this stage. The petitioners are at liberty to approach the concerned Court by way of filing application seeking bail, if there is any apprehension of their arrest by the police. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _____________ RAJA ELANGO, J Date: 12-08-2010 YCR