THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7138 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. by the petitioners – Accused 2 and 3 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.207 of 2008 on the file of the X Metropolitan Magistrate, Rangareddy District, Malkajgiri, arising out of a private complaint registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498(A) and 406 of IPC and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard both sides. 3. The case of the complainant is that the marriage between herself and the first accused was performed in the year 2006 as per Hindu rites and customs and from the date of marriage, all the accused harassed her mentally and physically demanding additional dowry. Unable to bear the said harassment, she filed the present complaint. 4. On the other hand, learned counsel for the petitioners- accused submitted that the first petitioner is the mother-in-law and the second petitioner is the brother-in-law of the complainant and further the complainant herself quarreled with their family members and hardly she lived in their house for two months and she herself left the matrimonial home and started living with her parents and the allegations made in the complaint are all false and incorrect. 5. This Court is of the view that these are all the matters to be decided by the trial Court at the time of trial only and the learned counsel for the petitioners are at liberty to raise all the points before the trial Court and this Court is not inclined to stay the proceedings at this stage. 6. In any event, the offence alleged against the petitioners arises out of matrimonial disputes, where the question of identity of the accused does not arise, the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court is dispensed with except the dates on which the learned Magistrate insists for their appearance and they shall be properly represented through their counsel. 7. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. The miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. ________________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 17th August 2011, Rns.