THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4295 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner approaches the Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in Crime No.129 of 2008 of Bhongir Town Police Station, Nalgonda District. The petitioner is arrayed as A-4 in the said crime. The brief facts of the case are as follows: T h e de facto complainant Pendam Rajeshwari preferred a complaint before the respondent police in which it is stated that she married the first accused on 26.05.2002. The present petitioner is the maternal uncle of the first accused, who is the husband of the de facto complainant. The complaint given by the complainant runs as follows: “I, Pendam Rajeshwari W/o. Pendam Madhu, R/o.Tagore Road, Bhongiri town, Nalgonda District, bring few lines for your kind consideration, that my marriage was solemnized with one Madhu son of Pedda Ramulu of Chinnaravirala village, on 02.06.2002, as per our caste, religion customs rites at the time of marriage my parents have given a sum of Rs.50,000/- and 6 tolas of gold and other house hold articles, total Rs.1,00,000/-, after marriage we have lived at Chinnaravirala village, for a period of 6 months. Later my husband has coming daily with drunken condition and demanding me to bring more money from my parents and demand to bring a sum of Rs.50,000/- more and beaten me. My parents are poor persons, I am having two male sons, and my husband daily beating me and sold my gold ornaments, I informed the same to my elders and my husband maternal uncle Jagannadham, he advised and instructed me endure the torture of my husband, and I also informed my inlaws and they also harassing me and demanding more dowry, and threatening me they perform another marriage to their son, for all the above said reasons and circumstance I left my house in the year June 2007 and came to my parents house at Bongir and I am now living with my parents we called them but they are not come till date.” Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the entire reading of the complaint does not disclose any offence, more particularly, an offence under Section 498-A of IPC or Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. This court heard the counsel for the petitioner and also the Additional Public Prosecutor and perused the records. As rightly pointed out by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the entire reading of the complaint, i.e., the only statement includes the name of the present petitioner as accused is as follows: “I informed the same to my elders and my husband maternal uncle Jagannadham, he advised and instructed me endure the torture of my husband.” The said contention clearly shows that the present petitioner not intends to interfere with the family affairs of the de facto complainant. Further more, the complainant also not intends to give any complaint as alleged, but it is only a passing record regarding the fact that the same was informed by her to the present petitioner. At the best, he can be arrayed as a witness to the said offence. In view of the same, this Court is inclined to quash the proceedings in Crime No.129 of 2008 on the file of Bhongir Town Police Station, Nalgonda District, as far as the present petitioner is concerned. Accordingly, the proceedings in Cr.No.129 of 2008 of Bhongir Town Police Station, Nalgonda District, are quashed as far as the present petitioner is concerned. In any event, the investigating officer – the respondent herein is at liberty to proceed further against the other accused persons concerned and complete the investigation and file charge sheet either way before the concerned. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Date: 05.08.2010 Rns