HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3744 OF 2010 Date: 28.04.2010 Between: Pedapalli Parvathamma and 2 others ……Petitioners And: The State of A.P., rep. by its PP and another ……Respondents. HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3744 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioners 1 to 3/A-2 to A-4 are accused of offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC in C.C.No.1238 of 2008 on the file of I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam. A-1 is husband of the defacto-complainant/2nd respondent. A-1 is not the petitioner herein. A-2 is mother and A-3 and A-4 are married sisters of A-1. Marriage of the 2nd respondent with A-1 took place in the year 2006. Even though A-1 has got three sisters, allegations are made only against two sisters who are A-3 and A-4. It is specifically alleged that whenever A-3 and A-4 came to Kakinada, they along with A-2 were harassing the victim mentally and physically for dowry and that they also pulled two tolas gold chain from her neck when the victim was carrying second month of pregnancy. It is further alleged that A-1 had illicit contact with another lady and was not returning to the house and that all the accused harassed the victim in the house. Thus, main allegations of harassment for the sake of dowry and gold chain were made against A-2 to A-4 only. Truth or falsity of the said allegations cannot be gone into and decided in this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Having regard to specific allegations made against A-2 to A-4 who are the petitioners herein, I find that there are no merits in this petition. Hence, the petition is dismissed. ___________________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU,J Date:28.04.2010. Gk. HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3744 OF 2010 Date: 28.04.2010 Gk.