HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No. 3137 of 2007 ORDER: This petition has been filed U/Sec. 482 of Cr.P.C. by A-2 to A-5 in CC No. 236 of 2006 on the file of the II Addl. Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Eluru, with a prayer to quash the proceedings therein. 2. The facts of the case in brief are that the respondent No.3 is the wife of Konisi Tulasi Rao, who has been arrayed as A-1 in the above CC. The petitioners herein are sisters and brothers-in-law of A-1 Tulasi Rao. The respondent No.3 presented a report before the Station House Officer, Women P.S., Eluru, alleging inter alia that she got married to Tulasi Rao (A-1) on 26.04.2003 and at the time of marriage, her parents paid Rs.50,000/- towards expenses and Rs.50,000/- towards sare saman apart from presenting gold chain weighing 5 tulas. After the marriage, she came to her marital home. According to her, her husband along with his sisters and brothers-in-law, who have been arrayed as A2 to A5 in the above CC harassed her on the ground of additional dowry. It is further averred in the report that on 1-5-2005 her husband and her sisters-in-law, Dhanalaxmi and sailaja (petitioners 1 and 3 herein) along with their respective spouses namely Sambasiva Rao and Srinivasa rao (Petitioners 2 and 4), beat her indiscriminately and demanded her to bring dowry from her parents or share in the property owned by her parents. Basing on the said report, a case in crime No. 21 of 2005 of SHO, Women P.S., Eluru, came to be registered U/Sec. 498-A r/w. Sec. 34 IPC and U/Sec. 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. After due investigation, the Sub Inspector of Police, Women P.S. Eluru filed the charge sheet against the accused persons including the petitioners herein. Hence this petition by petitioners with a prayer stated supra. 3. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the respondent No.3. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are no way concerned with the marital life of the respondent No.3 with her husband, who has been arrayed as A-1 in the above CC. It is further submitted that the police deleted the names of Madhusudana Rao and Padmavathi, who has been arrayed as accused in the FIR, at the time of filing charge sheet and the case of the petitioners stands on the same footing as that of the above two persons. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the 3rd respondent submitted that specific instances of harassment have been attributed to the petitioners herein in the report presented by the 3rd respondent-defacto complainant and therefore, the petition is liable to be dismissed. 6. I have gone through the report presented by the defacto complainant- respondent No.3 before the police and also the charge sheet submitted by the Sub Inspector of Police, Women P.S., Eluru. In the report, the 3rd respondent- defacto complainant has specifically stated that the petitioners herein along with her husband - A-1 harassed her on the ground of additional dowry. She also stated specific instances of harassment. In view of the specific accusation being levelled against the petitioners herein by the respondent No.3 in the report as well as in the statement before the police, this is not a fit case to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/A2 to A5 in CC No. 236 of 2006 on the file of the II Addl.Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Eluru, in exercise of powers U/Sec. 482 Cr.P.C. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. Interim stay granted on 31-01-2008 shall stand vacated. ____________ 15-07-2010 Mjl/* HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No. 3137 of 2007 Dated: 15-07-2010 Mjl/*