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ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT
S. Ravi Kumar, J.
Kolli Babi Sarojini and Ors. —Petitioners
versus
Kolli Jayalaxmi and Anr. —Respondents
Criminal Revision Case No.1160 of 2008
Decided on 29.4.2014

Advocates:
Counsel for the Parties:
For the Petitioners:Dr. Y.Padmavathi, Advocate
For the Respondents:Sri N.Gopi Chand, Advocate

Headnote:Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 2 and 12 — Aggrieved person and Domestic relationship — Complaint praying reliefs against mother-in-law, husband’s brother and sister — Complainant was got married in 1987 and two children were born but husband passed away in 2007 — Allegations of domestic violence committed by respondents and prayer for allowing complainant to collect rent of 13 shops which complainant had collected for some time during life time of her husband and for compensation — Question would be whether property claimed was a shared household — Documents showed that shops belonged to respondent No.2 and merely that complainant or her husband were permitted to collect rent from tenants in those shops for some time would not make those property a shared house hold — Onus was upon complainant to prove that it was joint family property and her husband had share in it — Complainant filed to produce any evidence on that point — No averment in complaint how respondents were in domestic relationship with complainant and that they were residing at different places — Children of complainant had become major and rather daughter was got married and all marriage expenses were borne by respondent No.2 — Magistrate had dismissed complainant by giving valid reasons — Sessions Court in appeal erred in remanding matter and impugned order was liable to be set aside. (Paras 9, 10, 14 to 17 & 22 to 24)

       Result: Revision allowed.

       

ORDER

S. Ravi Kumar, J.—This revision is against order dated 25-6-2008 in Criminal Appeal No.42 of 2008 on the file of V Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, (Mahila Court) at Hyderabad whereunder order dated 6-11-2007 in D.V.C. No.11 of 2007 on the file of III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad is set aside.

2. Parties are herein after referred to as complainant and respondents as arrayed in the D.V.C.No.11 of 2007 for convenience and for better understanding.

3. The brief facts leading to this revision are as follows:

Complainant filed petition under Section 12 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as Act 2005) contending that her marriage with Kolli Narendrababu (son of first respondent and brother of respondents 2 and 3) was solemnized on 9-5-1987 at T.T.D. Kalyanamandapam, Tirupathi and it was an arranged marriage. After marriage, couple left for Vijayawada on 10-5-1987 which is the place of in-laws of the complainant and marriage was consummated on 11-5-1987. After some time, couple shifted to Hyderabad. In a couple of weeks after the marriage, complainant noticed that the respondents cheated her and her father by suppressing the fact that her late husband Narendrababu was suffering from psychological disorder and was not mentally sound. Three months after the marriage, her husband left for Vijayawada on the pretext of the ailment but respondents 1 and 2 did not allow him to return back to Hyderabad and complainant was forced to go to Kodada to her in-laws house and there complainant was treated like a maid servant. At the time of marriage, it is informed to the father of the complainant by the first respondent and her brother Y.Venkataratnam Babu and respondents 2 to 4 that 13 shops located at Nela Kondapalli village in Khammam District were allotted to the share of Narendrababu though they stand in the name of 2nd respondent and all the benefits arising out of those shops can be enjoyed by the complainant and her husband after marriage. But first respondent was collecting rents from the tenants of the above mentioned shops at Nela Kondapalli village and never paid rents to the complainant or her husband. Complainant was blessed with a girl child by name Gouthami on 18-8-1988 and at the age of two years, her daughter was snatched away from her and kept at the house of respondents 3 and 4. Complainant was harassed and her life was made miserable which made her to leave the house to reach her fathers house. She approached Woman Protection Cell in the year 1992 and on the counselling by the protection cell, she came back to matrimonial house. Thereafter, complainant was blessed with boy on 23-7-1993 and after the birth of boy, first respondent separated complainant and her husband and was paying a meager some of Rs.1500/- towards monthly expenditure of the complainant and her two children and that compelled her to borrow money from her father and her brother for monthly maintenance. On the intervention of elders, the complainant was allowed to collect rents from 13 shops and respondents also paid a sum of Rs.8,00,000/- to the complainant styling it to be the share of her husband. On 23-5-2006, wife of 2nd respondent passed away and after the ceremonies, complainants daughters mind was polluted by the respondents and she was taken away to the respondents house at S.R.Nagar and complainant and her husband returned to Hyderabad on 7-6-2006. Complainant was not allowed to meet her daughter. Respondents instructed the tenants of the shops to stop payment of rents from June, 2006 and the second respondent started collecting those rents. While so, complainant husband suffered from sever chest pain on 28-1-2007 and he was treated as out patient at Nikhil Multi Specialty where they suggested surgery. None of the respondents showed any humanity nor responsibility and the petitioner lost her husband on 4-2-2007 because of the sheer non-cooperation of the res










































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