THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1581 OF 2008 DATED 17th MARCH, 2011. BETWEEN : Atherunnisa Begum & another .. Petitioners-A.2 and A.3 and The State of A.P. & another ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1581 OF 2008 ORDER: This criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioners-A.2 and A.3 seeking to quash the F.I.R. in crime No.22 of 2008 of Santhosh Nagar Police Station registered for the offence punishable under Section 498A of Indian Penal Code. Heard. The allegations against the petitioners, in brief, are that the son of the first petitioner herein married the complainant in the year 1991 and after lapse of 17 years the complainant lodged the complaint against the petitioners herein and also against the husband of the complainant alleging that the husband married another lady after he returned from Dubai. The husband is not a party before this Court. The petitioners before this Court are the mother-in-law and sister-in- law of the second respondent herein. Admittedly, the allegation against the petitioners herein is that the first petitioner informed the husband of the complainant and the complainant to leave the house since the husband of the complainant is an unemployed and she is not in a position to maintain the unemployed son and daughter-in-law and asked them to have a separate family and also abused in filthy language. The learned counsel for the petitioners rightly pointed out that even assuming the allegations to be true, they will not attract an offence under Section 498A IPC since there is no demand of dowry or any cruelty, which cause mental injury to the second respondent herein. Even though the respondent’s counsel oppose the contentions of the learned counsel for the petitioners, this Court is of the view that the allegations levelled against the petitioners do not attract the ingredients of Section 498A of Indian Penal Code. Hence, the further proceedings against the present petitioners are liable to be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the further proceedings against the petitioners-A.2 and A.3 in crime No.22 of 2008 of Santhosh Nagar Police Station are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 17.03.2011 sur