THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU CRIMINAL PETITION No.200 of 2008 ORDER: 1. This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash the proceedings in D.V.C. No.1 of 2007 on the file of the Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kamareddy, Nizamabad district. 2. The brief facts that are necessary for disposal of the present Criminal Petition may be stated as follows: The second respondent herein filed the above D.V.C. alleging that she married first petitioner on 15.3.2001 as per hindu rites and customs and at the time of marriage her parents gave Rs.20,000/- as dowry and other articles worth about Rs.2.00 lakhs. For about three months after the marriage, she was looked after properly and thereafter the petitioners started harassing her by not providing clothes and she was being treated as maid servant. She was blessed with a male child, and for the intervention of elders, the first petitioner and respondent were staying separately in the ancestral house of first petitioner. The petitioners continued the harassment and when she was not in the house, the house was locked and she was necked out from the said house demanding to bring Rs.two lakhs towards additional dowry. She also filed a police complaint and the same is pending as C.C. NO.368 of 2007 before the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kamareddy. 3. Heard both sides. 4. As seen from the allegations in the complaint, no allegation of whatsoever which comes under domestic violence, is leveled against the petitioners 4 to 9. Only omnibus accusation is leveled against them. Except the allegation that all the petitioners were harassing the second respondent, in what manner they were harassing has not been mentioned. In so far as petitioners 1 to 3 are concerned, prima facie, a case is made out as they were harassing her to bring additional dowry of Rs.2.00 lakhs, and they were not looking after the welfare of the child. In view of the specific allegations against petitioners 1 to 3, it is not a fit case to quash the complaint against them. However, in view of the fact that there are no specific allegations against the petitioners 4 to 9, which come within the meaning of domestic violence, the proceedings against them are liable to be quashed. 5. Accordingly, the proceedings in D.V.C. No.1 of 2007 on the file of the Additional Judicial Magistrate of First class, Kamareddy are quashed in respect of petitioners 4 to 9 herein. The Criminal Petition is, accordingly, partly allowed. --------------------- (K.C.Bhanu, J.) 22.12.2009 DRK THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU CRIMINAL PETITION No.200 of 2008 22.12.2009 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU CRIMINAL PETITION No.200 of 2008 Dated: 22.12.2009 Between: Nayabu Naresh Kumar & others …Petitioners And State of A.P., rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another …Respondents