The Hon’ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.22343 of 2009 Dated 1st July, 2010 Between: B.Radhakrishna Goud and 2 others …Petitioners And Smt.Jayanthi and another. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: None appeared Counsel for respondent No.1: ----- Counsel for respondent No.2: AGP for Home The Court made the following: Order: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to direct respondent No.2 to conduct conciliation before registering the Crime, if respondent No.1 files a private complaint or complaint under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against the petitioners. Petitioner No.1 is the husband of respondent No.1 and petitioner Nos.2 and 3 are the parents of petitioner No.1 The averments contained in the affidavit disclose that matrimonial disputes between petitioner No.1 and respondent No.1 are pending. Petitioner No.1 filed OP.No.1170 of 2009 against respondent No.1 under Sections 9 and 26 of the Hindu Marriage Act, for restitution of conjugal rights, in the Family Court, Hyderabad and that the same is pending. It is averred in the affidavit that on 07-10-2009, respondent No.1 filed a complaint under Section 498-A IPC before respondent No.2 and that respondent No.2, after summoning the petitioners to the Police Station and having found that the complaint was false, refused to register the same. The petitioners apprehend that respondent No.1 may file a private complaint, on the basis of which respondent No.2 may register a case against them. Therefore, they have sought for a direction to respondent No.2 to hold conciliation proceedings before registering the complaint that may be filed by respondent No.1. In my opinion, the relief claimed in this Writ Petition has no legal basis. The petitioners have not pleaded any statutory provision under which holding of conciliation proceedings is sine qua non for registration of a complaint. A complaint is registered by the Police only if they are satisfied that an offence has been committed. Therefore, no direction can be given to the Police to act in the manner, which is not envisaged either under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or any other statute. For the above-mentioned reasons, I find no merit in the Writ Petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.29020 of 2009, filed by the petitioners for interim relief, is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 1st July, 2010 lur