HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD Criminal Petition No.6706 of 2009 Dated : 03.09.2009 Between : Wajahat Ali Yousuf & 3 others ….. Petitioners a n d 1) Smt.Mahila Masarath 2) The State of A.P. ….. Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD Criminal Petition No.6706 of 2009 ORDER: Heard Sri K.Surender, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Sri A.Ramesh, learned counsel representing the learned Public Prosecutor, for the second respondent. The only ground on which the petition has been filed is that while C.C.No.376 of 2009 for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 406 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, is already pending, the first respondent also filed M.C.No.159 of 2009 on the file of the Family Court, Nampally, Hyderabad, which is pending adjudication. The petitioners, therefore, contend that when similar reliefs were already pending consideration before the competent Courts, the petition under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, is not maintainable in the light of the language of Section 26 (2) thereof. This Court has already taken a view in the orders pronounced on 02.09.2009 in Crl.P.Nos.6024 of 2009, 6072 of 2009 and 6090 of 2009 that such proceedings are maintainable simultaneously or successively under different provisions under different Statutes and the right of the aggrieved person to multifarious reliefs provided by various provisions can not be excluded. Incidentally, petitioners 2 to 4 also claim that they were exonerated by the Police after investigation concerning the criminal liability. However, the same cannot have any relevance in consideration of reliefs under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, which shall be essentially a question of fact to be enquired into by the trial Court, but not in a summary proceeding under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Therefore, the petition does not appear sustainable. Accordingly, the criminal petition is dismissed. ______________________ G.BHAVANI PRASAD, J 3rd September, 2009 SUR