The petitioner is the first accused in C.C. No. 13217 of 1987 on the file of the X Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Madras. This is a petition praying to call for the records in C.C. No. 13217 of 1987 on the file of the X Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Madras, and to quash the said proceedings.

2. According to the petition, the first respondent Dhanalaxmi has filed the complaint against the petitioner and five others for offences under sections 494, 496 and 498-A, I.P.C. alleging that she had married the petitioner at Thanjavur on 29-4-1979, and there are two issues a girl aged about 9 years and a boy aged about 5 years, and that she lived with the petitioner until the year 1982, and their last residence was at No. 54 Vellala St. Ayyanavaram, Madras, and she was finally deserted in March 1983. Further, according to her, the petitioner demanded dowry by way of jewels and cash before the marriage and after the marriage and also demanded scooter, television, fridge, etc., and she was treated cruelly. She filed a petition for restitution of conjugal rights in O.P. 426 of 1983 and it was withdrawn and later O.P. 340 of 1985 was failed on the file of the City Civil Court, fo