HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3628 OF 2010 Date: 21.04.2010 Between: Guddanti Visweswara Mahidar and 4 others ……Petitioners And: The State of A.P., rep. by its PP and another ……Respondents. HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3628 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioners 1 to 5 are accused of offences punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. A-1 is husband of the 2nd respondent/victim. A-2 is mother, A-3 is father and A-4 is brother of A-1. A-5 is uncle of A-1. It is alleged that at the time of marriage, dowry of Rs.3,00,000/- and 20 Sovereigns., of gold were given apart from giving Rs.50,000/- for purchase of Silver articles and 5 Sovereigns., of gold to A-1. It is further alleged that A-1 to A-4 subjected the 2nd respondent to physical and mental harassment for the sake of additional dowry and threatening her to bring the same from her parents’ place and that it continued even at Baroda and Gujarat where the victim shifted her family along with A-1 to A-5. Specific allegation was made to the effect that on 23.03.2009 all the accused came to A-5’s house at Vedayapalem and called the victim and her family members and demanded additional dowry. These allegations prima facie disclose offences for which the charge sheet was filed. Truth or otherwise of the said allegations has to be decided by the trial court after recording evidence of both the parties during trial. This Court cannot decide the same in this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. I find no merits in this petition. Hence, the petition is dismissed. ___________________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU,J Date:21.04.2010. Gk. HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3628 OF 2010 Date: 21.04.2010 Gk.