B. Chennaiah, v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE T. SUNIL CHOWDARY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8927 of 2010 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash proceedings initiated against the petitioners/ respondents 1 to 5 in D.V.C.No.131 of 2010 on the file of the Court of III Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, the learned counsel for the second respondent and the learned Public Prosecutor representing the State.

A perusal of the record reveals that the second respondent, who is de facto complainant, filed a petition under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 against the petitioners herein claiming various reliefs under Sections 18 to 22 of the Act. The marriage of the second respondent was performed with the first petitioner/first respondent on 19-02-1997 in Hyderabad.

The learned Magistrate, after satisfying himself with the material placed before him, has taken the case on file and numbered it as D.V.C.No.131 of 2010 and issued summons to the respondents therein.

As per the principle enunciated in Valisetti Chandra Rekha v. State of Andhra Pradesh[1], Mohit Yadam v. State of Andhra Pradesh[2] and Mohd. Akber Yaseen v. Rizwana Sultana[3], the reliefs sought under Sections 18 to 22 of the Act are purely civil in nature and there is no element of criminality therein. In the instant case also, the reliefs sought by the second respondent are purely civil in nature and there is no element of

criminality. A perusal of the record prima facie reveals the role played by the petitioners. Whether the second respondent is entitled to claim the reliefs from the petitioners or not will be decided after full-fledged trial only. In such circumstances, the maintainability of the present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is very much doubtful.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and also the principle enunciated in the cases cited supra, I am of the considered view that it is not a fit case to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/respondent Nos.1 to 5 in D.V.C.No.131 of 2010.

Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed.

_____________________ T. SUNIL CHOWDARY, J Date: 19-02-2016 Ksn [1] 2010 (2) ALD (Crl.) 689 (AP) [2] 2010 (1) ALD (Crl.) 1 (AP) [3] 2010 (2) ALD (Crl.) 680 (AP)