HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7179 OF 2008 DATED.21-10-2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the Petitioner/Accused No.8 (For short, ‘A-8’) under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. seeking to quash proceedings in Preliminary Registered Case No.40 of 2006, pending on the file of the Court of II Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Madanapalle, Chittoor District, registered for offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 307 read with Section 34 I.P.C. and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (In short, ‘The Act’). 2. Whereas the Petitioner is A-8, the Respondent No.2 is the de- facto complainant in the Calender Case. For the sake of convenience, I refer the parties as arrayed in the Calender Case. 3. The case of the prosecution in brief is as follows : The marriage of the de-facto complainant with A-1 in the case was performed on 26-06-2002 in a grand style and at the time of marriage an amount of Rs.4,00,000/- cash, silver articles worth about Rs.25,000/- sarees worth about Rs.75,000/-, household articles worth Rs.1,50,000/-, Adapaduchu Lanchanams Rs.1,00,000/- and gold jewels worth about Rs.60,000/- were given to A-1. After the marriage, their nuptial’s ceremony was scheduled to be held on 04-07-2002. But, on that day A-1 to A-7 demanded the de-facto complainant to bring additional amount of Rs.5,00,000/- to purchase a new brand car and when her parents expressed their inability to provide the amount, they abused the de-facto complainant in a filthy language and also beat her with hands and A-1 also cancelled his nuptial’s ceremony with the de-facto Complainant. Later, however the de-facto complainant and A-1 went to Chennai to lead marital life. Further, the specific accusation against A-8 is that she is having illegal intimacy with A-1 and she used to come to their house along with A-1 and she objected A-1 to bring her to their house and consequently, A-1 used to beat her on the instigation of A-8 who used to support A-1 and the other accused in this case and hence A-8 is also liable to be punished for the alleged offences. 4. It is the contention of learned counsel for A-8 that admittedly, A- 1 was a chartered account and he used to work in a firm at Chennai where A-8 also used to work and at that time A-1 put forth a proposal to marry A-8, but, A-8 rejected the proposal put forth by A-1 and thereafter A-1 married the de-facto complainant on 26-06-2002 and she left the firm in the month of September 2002 and thereafter there was no communication between them and this Petition is filed only to harass A-8 and all the allegations made against her are only bald in nature. 5. On the other hand, it is the contention of learned counsel for the de-facto that prima-facie there is material to prosecute A-8 for the alleged offences and unless necessary trial is conducted it cannot be said that she is innocent of the charges. 6. The point for consideration is whether sufficient grounds are there in order to quash the proceedings as prayed for? 7. I have gone through the record. It is categorically clear that there are no specific allegations against A-8 and all the allegations made against her are only bald in nature. It is pertinent to note here that even according to the prosecution A-8 and A-1 to A-7 are the residents of Chennai but at different places there and A-8 left the firm in the month of September 2006 and got married and has been living separately. It is also pertinent to note here that in cases of this nature all the relatives of husband’s are being roped in for the purpose of harassing them or making them agree to certain terms or to take vengeance against them. Further, by such false implications even genuine cases of harassment of daughters-in-law would be defeated. Section 498-A I.P.C. is being widely misused in these days as a result of which it is affecting the entire system of marriage, which therefore is to be deprecated and curbed. Accordingly, with these observations, the Criminal Petition is allowed quashing the entire proceedings in Preliminary Registered Case No.40 of 2006, pending on the file of the Court of II Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Madanapalle, Chittoor District in so far as A-8 is concerned. 245 __________________________ G. KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY, J Dated:21-10-2011. Dsh. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7179 OF 2008 October, 21, 2011 DSH