Mr.S.Y.Masood, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has come forward with this petition seeking the relief of a direction to the first respondent police to register a case on the basis of the complaint given by the petitioner dated 30.08.2006.

2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is a Post-Graduate and was working as apprentice in the Annamalai University for a year. It is also submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner got married with one Ravi Viswanathan on 03.02.2002 at Hotel Kanchi, Chennai, as per Hindu Rites and Customs. It is submitted that the petitioner was given 25 sovereign of gold, a pair of diamond ear rings and 3 kgs. of silver and a sum of Rs.10,000/-for purchasing house hold utensils. It is also submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that a sum of Rs.10,000/- also paid as dowry to the bridegroom.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner joined her husband after wedding and lived with him at Hyderabad. It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner was living with the parents of her husband, viz., father-