IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE 6th DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6746 OF 2007 Between: M.Y.Meena … Petitioner And The State of A.P., rep. By its public Prosecutor and another … Respondents This Court made the following: HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY CRIMINAL PEITITON No.6746 OF 2007 ORDER: - Petitioner, who is arrayed as A6 in a private complaint in C.C.No.402 of 2007, in Crl.M.P.No.745 of 2007 pending on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate, Nizamabad, filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash the proceedings in the said CC for the offence punishable under Sections 498-A, 494 and 109 IPC. The 2nd respondent-de facto complainant, who is the wife of the 1st respondent arrayed as A1, filed the above complaint stating that after her marriage with A1, they lived happily for a period of three years and out of the wedlock they were blessed with a daughter and son, aged about 12 and 11 years respectively, and after three years of the marriage A1 developed dislike towards the complainant and at the instigation of A2 to A5 started harassing her for want of Rs.50,000/- as additional dowry. While so, it is came to the knowledge of the 2nd respondent that about two years back, A2 to A5 performed the marriage of A1 with A6/petitioner herein and after such marriage A1 with the help of A2 to A6 tortured the complainant physically and necked her out of the house. Therefore, the complaint may be referred to the police station, Dichpally for registering a case against the accused. Throughout the petition, the petitioner has not stated whether the complaint was referred to police and the police after due investigation laid any charge sheet against the petitioner/A6, nor the Magistrate took cognizance of the same, after recording the sworn statement of the complainant and other witnesses. In the absence of the same, it is too early to presume that the Court has taken cognizance of the offence to scuttle the investigation. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _______________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J 6th August 2010 lmv