THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRL.PETITION NO.2186 OF 2010 ORDER: 1 Petitioners herein are accused in C.C.No.18 of 2009 on the file of the court of the Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Suryapet. The 2nd respondent herein who is the wife of the 1st petitioner herein gave a report stating that the petitioners herein are harassing her for additional dowry. On the basis of the said report the police Suryapet registered a case in Cr.No.295 of 2008 on 13.10.2008 for the offences punishable under sections 498-A of IPC and under sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and after investigation a charge sheet has been filed. As stated supra, the said proceedings are questioned by the petitioners stating that continuance of the said proceedings is nothing but abuse of process of law. 2 When this matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the 2nd petitioner is no more and the 3rd petitioner is seriously ill. As the 2nd petitioner is no more, the case against him is abated. Further, in the light of the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners this court looked into the charge sheet. From a perusal of the charge sheet it is clear that the said allegations, in my considered view, do not make out any prima facie case against the 3rd petitioner. In those circumstances, this petition is allowed in so far as the 3rd petitioner herein is concerned and accordingly the proceedings in C.C.No.18 of 2009 on the file of the court of the Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Suryapet are hereby quashed in so far as the 3rd petitioner is concerned. However, the allegations levelled against the 1st petitioner herein is concerned, they are serious in nature and hence this petition in so far as the 1st petitioner is concerned is dismissed. 3 Accordingly this petition is partly allowed. ___________ Sri T.G.K, J 23rd December 2010 Kvsn