Syed Basheer v. State Of Andhra Pradesh,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C. PRAVEEN KUMAR CRIMINAL PETITION No. 12396 of 2016 ORDER :

The petitioner, who is accused No.1 in Crime No.51 of 2016 of Kurnool Women Police Station, filed the present Criminal Petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking release in the event of his arrest in connection with the above crime, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 506 read with 34 IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The case of the prosecution is that the marriage of the informant with the petitioner took place in the year 2013. At the time of marriage, the parents of the informant gave cash of Rs.9.00 lakhs, 12 tolas of gold apart from other household articles. Both of them lived happily for three months. Thereafter, all the accused are alleged to have harassed the informant by demanding additional dowry of Rs.2.00 lakhs. Basing on these allegations the above case came to be registered.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is working as Software Engineer in Pune and the allegations made against him are all false.

A perusal of the material of the record would show that all the accused except the petitioner were granted anticipatory bail. It is to be noted that the disputes arose because the petitioner started spending his money at his sisters' marriage. All the offences are triable by a Court of Magistrate. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, if so advised, shall

surrender before the Court concerned and make an application for regular bail, in which event, the same shall be considered on such terms as the said Court deems fit and proper on the same day. With the above direction, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _________________________ JUSTICE C. PRAVEEN KUMAR 26.08.2016 gkv