HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 7124 OF 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioner seeking anticipatory bail in connection with crime No.150 of 2010 of II-Town Police Station, Karimnagar, registered for the offences punishable under section 506, 420 IPC and section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. The prosecution case is that one U.Kavitha daughter of Gowrishanker, aged 24 years, resident of H.No.195/1, Shantinagar, Hyderabad lodged a complaint stating that her parents performed her engagement with one Balaiah residing at Karimnagar and the said engagement was performed at her brother’s residence who is also residint at Karimnagar on 30-5-2009 at about 8-54 p.m. Her parents had given dowry of Rs.one lakh before marriage two days to her inlaws and they also warned her parents to give the said dowry amount within two days from the date of marriage. It is also alleged that her parents had given Rs.one lakh to the said people and they are demanding more money and her parents requested them to give some time to pay the said amount and her parents had given Rs.50,000/- and one gold chain and bracelet and remaining four lakhs rupees and he promised to marry her. It is also alleged that he is likely to cancel her engagement and planning to marry another and she requested to take action against Gangaiah, Shoba, Anjamma and Sailaja and punish them as per law. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The allegation against the petitioner is that her son has engaged the defacto complainant and subsequently refused to marry. Therefore, she lodged a complaint with the police to take necessary action against the petitioner and others. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that whatever amount given by the parents of the defacto complainant is only towards gift for purchase of clothes and marriage ornaments for his daughter on behalf of grooms family. In fact the parents of the defacto complainant violated the marriage agreement. Considering the same, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the criminal petition is allowed and the petitioner, in the event of her surrender before the Station House Officer, II Town Police Station, Karimnagar, within fifteen days from today, shall be enlarged on bail on her executing a personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties for the likesum each to the satisfaction of the said Station House Officer and he shall appear before the said Station House Officer as and when required for investigation purpose. ______________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 27-7-2010 I s L THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRL.PETITION No. 7124 OF 2010 27-7-2010