HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No. 7633 of 2009 And CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8104 of 2009 COMMON ORDER: The petitioners in both the petitions namely A1 to A7 are accused of offence punishable under Section under Section 498-A /34 IPC in Crime No.115 of 2009 of Akiveedu police Station, West Godavari District. 2. A-1 is the husband of the 2nd respondent/defacto complainant. A-2 is the mother, A3 and A5 are sisters, A4 and A6 are brothers-in- law and A-7 is the paternal aunt of A-1. The only point urged by the petitioners’ counsel in this petition is that the Akiveedu police have no territorial jurisdiction to register the case or to investigate into the same as no part of cause of action for the offence under Section 498- A IPC took place within its limits. As per the allegations in the report, the alleged harassment took place at Sajjapuram of Tanuku Mandal, Ganesh Nagar at Hyderabad and at Nalgonda where the 2nd respondent and A-1 lived together. Ultimately, it is alleged that the 2nd respondent was necked out of the marital house at Sajjapuram of Tanuku Mandal. There is no prohibition in law for registration of a case by a police station in case a report is given disclosing cognizable offence at any place. The question of territorial jurisdiction arises only after the case is charged before the Magistrate. In any event, apart from allegations regarding the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC, there are further allegations touching the offence punishable under certain provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act which took place at the house of parents of the 2nd respondent which is within the Akiveedu police station limits. After investigation, the police may invoke all the penal sections of law which were found to have been made out from the evidence collected during investigation. Therefore, at this stage, it cannot be said that the Akiveddu police have no territorial jurisdiction to investigate into the case. 3. During the investigation the Investigating Officer will also look into complicity of A3 to A6 who are residing at Srikalahasti at Chittoor District and Gummalur of Korukanda Mandal, East Godavri District before taking any drastic action against them. I do not find any valid reasons for quashing FIR in this case. 4. In the result, both the petitions are dismissed. ___________________________________________ JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU Dt. 01.04.2011 Mjl/*