fTHE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Criminal Petition No.8198 of 2008 ORDER: 1 This petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C. arising out of Cr.No.1159 of 2007 on the file of Women Police Station, Saroornagar, Ranga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar registered for the offence punishable under section 498-A of IPC and under Sections 4 & 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 2 Petitioner is the fourth accused in the aforesaid crime. On 07.10.2007 the second respondent herein lodged a complaint before the police stating that she is working as a teacher in Government High School at Rayadurgam, Cyberabad and that her marriage was solemnised on 13.11.2005 with the first accused in the said case. At the time of marriage, her parents gave cash of Rs.3.00 lakhs towards dowry and also 15 tolas of gold to the accused. It is alleged that in spite of giving the same, all the accused were harassing her repeatedly to fetch additional dowry and there is a specific allegation against the petitioner herein, who is the fourth accused in the said case, that she was also harassing the de facto complainant and encouraging the first accused i.e. husband of the complainant to bring additional dowry. On the said complaint, investigation was done and a final report has also been submitted alleging that the accused 1 to 4 are harassing the complainant physically and mentally for additional dowry and as such they are liable for punishment under Section 498-A of IPC and under Sections 4 & 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 3 In this petition the learned counsel for the petitioner argued that all the witnesses who were examined during the investigation of the case are interested witnesses and there is no independent evidence to substantiate the contents of the complaint. 4 It is to be noticed that this petition is filed under section 482 of Cr.P.C seeking to quash the proceedings in the C.C. arising out of Cr.No.1159 of 2007 on the file of Women Police Station, Saroornagar, Ranga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar. From a perusal of the final report it is clear that there is an allegation against the petitioner that she was also harassing the de facto complainant along with the other accused for bringing additional dowry and as such the petitioner is liable for prosecution for the alleged offences. With regard to the correctness of the allegations, the matter has to be examined during trial. But the contention that the witnesses examined during the course of investigation were all interested witnesses is not tenable to entertain this petition to quash the proceedings. 5 From a perusal of the complaint as well as the final report, there is a prima facie case against the petitioner who is the fourth accused in the said case and in that view of the matter I do not see any ground to quash the proceedings at this stage. 6 For the aforesaid reasons, this Criminal Petition is dismissed. ------------------------ R.Subhash Reddy, J. 19.10.2011 Kvsn