HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Criminal Petition No.2101 of 2009 Date: 12-10-2011 Between Buddala Kanna Rao and another … Petitioners and State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad … Respondent Buddala Sirisha Devi … Respondent/De facto complainant HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Criminal Petition No.2101 of 2009 Order: The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking to quash F.I.R.No.37 of 2009, dated 06-3-2009, on the file of the Station House Officer, Biccavolu Police Station, East Godavari district. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner No.1 is the brother of accused No.1, who is the husband of the 2nd respondent; whereas, petitioner No.2 is the wife of petitioner No.1. He further submits that in the F.I.R., there are no allegations against the petitioners and therefore, the F.I.R against them be quashed. He further submits that the only allegation against the petitioners in the F.I.R is that they came in support of accused No.1 and have been harassing the de facto complainant. 3. A perusal of the F.I.R shows that the de facto complainant has categorically averred that the accused 1 to 3 have harassed her both mentally and physically for additional dowry amount. As specific allegations have been levelled against both the petitioners that they have harassed the de facto complainant both mentally and physically and have demanded additional dowry amount, it cannot be said that there are no allegations against them. 4. In view of the above, there are no grounds to quash the F.I.R filed against the petitioners and accordingly, this criminal petition is dismissed. __________________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J. 12th October, 2011. Ak HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Criminal Petition No.2101 of 2009 12th October, 2011. (Ak)