ORDER: This O.P has been filed to set aside the order dated 9.10.2003 issuing a Non-Bailable Warrant against the petitioner in C.C.No.3533 of 2001 pending on the file of the XVIII Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court, Saidapet.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

The petitioner is working at the United States of America. The petitioner married one Janani (daughter of the complainant Shankar) on 7.2.2000. For the marriage, A-1 demanded Rs.10,00,000 as cash and gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs.15,00,000 at the time of engagement on 10.5.1999 at the house of A-1. On 25.12.1999, Rs.5,00,000 was paid as first instalment of dowry amount and another sum of Rs.5,00,000 was paid on 6.2.2000. Thereafter, the petitioner and his wife left for America on 24.2.2000. There, a dispute arose between the parties. The complainant wanted A-1 to return to Madras to take care of his factories, for which, A-2 and A-3 demanded Rs.50,00,000 to be deposited in the name of A-1 and also to construct a bungalow for A-1. At America, A-1, at the instigation of A-2 to A-4 (parents and brother of A-1) ill-treated the complainant’s daughter Janani, physically assaulted her and therefore, the complainant’s da

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