HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B. CHANDRA KUMAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.11382 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 8 under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash proceedings in Crime No.129 of 2010, on the file of Huzurabad Police Station, Karimnagar District pending on the file of the Court of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Huzurabad, registered for offences punishable under Sections 498-A I.P.C. and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (For short, ‘The Act’). 2. There is no representation on behalf of the Petitioners. Heard the learned Additional Public prosecutor appearing for the Respondents-State. 3. The second Respondent herein is the de-facto complainant. Her case is that her marriage with the first Petitioner was performed on 06-08-2008 and her parents presented Rs.5,00,000/- cash, 11 tulas of gold ornaments and household articles worth about Rs.1,00,000 and Rs.50,000/- each to her sisters-in-law towards Aadapaduchu Katnam at the time of marriage and further it is also her case that her parents had spent about Rs.2,00,000/- towards marriage expenses. Her specific case is that the Petitioners harassed her demanding additional dowry, she was not allowed to talk with her parents. She has also made specific allegation against the 5th Petitioner and gave specific instances in her complaint about the harassment made by the Petitioners. Therefore, at this stage, it cannot be said that the allegations made in the complaint do not make out a prima-facie case against the Petitioners. Therefore, it is clear that there are no grounds to quash the proceedings. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _____________________ B. CHANDRA KUMAR, J Dated: 17-11-2011. Dsh. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B. CHANDRA KUMAR 215 CRIMINAL PETITION No.11382 of 2010 Date:17-11-2011 DSH.