HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No.5323 OF 2006 Date: 19.01.2010 Between: Anke Ramesh …..Petitioner And: State of A.P., rep. By its Public Prosecutor and 2 others. …..Respondents. HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDA RAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No.5323 of 2006 ORDER: This petition is filed by the 7th accused under Section 482 Cr.P.C for quashing F.I.R in Crime No.83/2006 of III Town Police Station, Khammam relating to offences punishable under Section 498-A I.P.C and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2) On the report given by the 2nd respondent/defacto-complainant, the third respondent booked this crime against A-1 to A-7. A-1 is husband of the 2nd respondent. A-2 to A-6 are father, mother, two brothers and sister- in-law of A-1. A-7 is stated to be friend of A-1. It is alleged that A-2 to A-7 are encouraging A-1 in his activities of harassment etc., against the 2nd respondent. As the matter now stands, the case was booked by the police for offences punishable under Sections 498-A I.P.C and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and no others. Since A-7 is not a relation of A- 1, there cannot be any penal liability against A-7 in any event in this case for offence punishable under Section 498-A I.P.C. Similarly, since A-7 is an outsider, there is no allegation of his participation in offences punishable under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Thus, there is no prima facie case against the petitioner/A-7 at all in this crime. 3) In the result, the petition is allowed quashing Crime No.83/2006 of III Town Police Station, Khammam in so far as the petitioner/A-7 is concerned. The third respondent is at liberty to investigate into the crime in so far as other accused are concerned. ____________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J 19th January, 2010 KSH