THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G. KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.5502 of 2008 ORDER: 1) This petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash proceedings in C.C.No.184 of 2008 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Miryalguda, Nalgonda district. 2) The petitioners are accused Nos.2 to 5, the first respondent is the complainant and the second respondent is the de facto complainant in the calendar case. For convenience sake, I refer the parties as they are arrayed before the lower Court. 3) The allegations levelled against the accused are as follows: The defacto Complainant G. Naga Laxmi is the legally wedded wife of the 1st accused. The 2nd and 3rd accused are the parents of the 1st accused, the 4th accused is the brother of the 2nd accused and the 5th accused is the elder sister of the first accused. At the time of marriage, about five years ago her parents gave Rs.1,10,000/- towards dowry. The accused looked after the defacto complainant well for a short period of two months. During the wedlock, she begot two daughters. Later, the accused harassed her claiming that, she brought little dowry and demanded her to bring additional dowry of Rs.50,000/- and 5 tulas of gold from her parents. They also threatened her of killing her and performing second marriage of the 1st accused of them unless the demand was met with. About a month prior to 10-05-2007, they also beat her using belt and confined her in a room and poured kerosene on her body and tried to kill her by setting her ablaze but when she made hue and cries, their neighbours came to the spot and rescued her. Further, as she apprehends danger in the hands of A-1 to A-5, she along with her two daughters went to her parents’ house at Miryalguda. 4) The facts of the case amply provide that all the accused involved in harassing the de-facto complainant for dowry and it is purely a question of law to be decided as to whether all the accused involved in the alleged offence. Unless necessary trial is conducted it is difficult to come to any conclusion in that regard. 5) Section 482 Cr.P.C. can be resorted to only when there is abuse of process of law and un-necessary harassment of concerned accused. It is not the case here. 6) Therefore, the criminal petition is dismissed. G. KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY,J Dt. 07.04.2011 Pn/lvl THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G. KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.5502 of 2008 Dt. 07.04.2011