THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.CHANDRA KUMAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.2213 of 2010 Dated:- 22nd December, 2011 Between Dandama Raju and others …Petitioners AND The State of A.P. and another …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.CHANDRA KUMAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.2213 of 2010 ORDER:- This Criminal Petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.662 of 2006 on the file of the X Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Malkajgiri, Hyderabad. The second respondent/de facto complainant is the wife of the first petitioner herein and the other petitioners are the relatives of the first petitioner herein. The marriage of the de facto complainant with the first petitioner was solemnized on 29.05.2004 at Guntur. It is alleged that at the time of marriage, the parents of the de facto complainant presented a cash of Rs.4,00,000/-, 40 tulas of gold, 8 Kgs Silver, other articles worth Rs.3,00,000/- and Rs.40,000/- for clothes to the first petitioner herein. Both of them lived happily for some time and they were blessed with a female child. Soon, disputes arose between them. Alleging inter alia that her husband used to beat her mercilessly demanding additional dowry, she lodged a complaint with Police, Kushaiguda, on 14.12.2005. A reading of the entire complaint and the charge-sheet allegations go to show that the de facto complainant alleged that her husband/first petitioner herein and his relatives have harassed her. Her main allegations are levelled against the first petitioner herein only and only bald, omnibus and general allegations have been levelled against petitioners 2 to 7 herein. Thus, in the absence of any specific allegations against the petitioners 2 to 7 herein, the proceedings against them are liable to be quashed. However, the proceedings against the first petitioner herein cannot be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed in part and the proceedings against petitioners 2 to 7 herein only are hereby quashed. However, the proceedings against the first petitioner herein may go on. ________________________ Justice B.Chandra Kumar 22nd December, 2011 Bvv