THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.255 OF 2025

ORDER

1 Heard Sri K.Mallikarjun, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Chetluru Srinivas, learned counsel for the first respondent and the

learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State-R.2.

2 This criminal revision case is filed challenging the judgment dated 28.02.2025 passed in Crl.A.No.808 of 2019 on the file of the Court of the learned VIII Additional Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy District at L.B.Nagar, whereby the learned Additional Sessions Judge dismissed the appeal confirming the order dated 31.12.2018 passed in DVC.No.23 of 2013 on the file of the Court of the learned II Metropolitan Magistrate,

Ranga Reddy District at L.B.Nagar.

3 The facts, in brief, as unfolded from the case of the complainant – first respondent are that the marriage between the first respondent and the petitioner was solemnised on 15.02.2002. That at the time of marriage, the parents of the first respondent gave 20 tulas of gold and 1.5 kgs of silver as per the demand of the petitioner. After the marriage, the first respondent joined the conjugal society of the petitioner and during their lawful wedlock they were blessed with two children. It is further alleged that the petitioner used to ill-treat the first respondent

and her parents for want of additional dowry of Rs.2.00 lakhs. The mother sister of the petitioner also joined hands with the petitioner for that cause. The mother of the petitioner used to abuse the first respondent very frequently. In the month of Augur, 2012, when the petitioner drove out the first respondent from his house at Madhura Nagar, Hyderabad to get the dowry as demanded by them, she went to her parents’ house. Again on 04.12.20212 when the petitioner called the first respondent to his house to have a discussion about the family life, keeping in view of the interest of the minor children, the first respondent went to the house of the petitioner where the mother of the petitioner forced the first respondent to sign on some blank papers and when the first respondent refused to do so, the the petitioner abused the first respondent in filthy language and openly declared that he will marry another lady i.e. daughter of his aunt by name Haritha who is a divorcee and also financially very sound as she could not arrange the dowry of Rs.2.00 lakhs, as such the first respondent went back to her parents’ house. It is the further allegation against the petitioner that he purchased a flat at Bangalore by selling all gold and silver ornaments presented by the parents of the first respondent and also obtaining loan in the joint name of the petitioner and the first respondent. It is further alleged that the first respondent gave a complaint in the PSSR Nagar police station, Hyderabad, where the petitioner appeared and promised that he would look after the first respondent well, but failed to do so, instead, continued the ill-treatment. It is further submitted that the petitioner is a software engineer working at Infosys as Group Manager and drawing salary of Rs.26.00 lakhs per annum and he is having two apartments at Hyderabad and also having immovable properties and sufficient means of income. Hence the first respondent filed a petition under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 praying the Court to direct the petitioner herein to pay an amount of Rs.30,000/- p.m. towards her maintenance including food, clothing, medications and other basic amenities and Rs.15,000/- each to her son and daughter towards their school fee and related expenses apart from Rs.75,00,000/- towards compensation for physical and mental injury caused by the petitioner.

4 The petitioner filed counter to the said petition contending that all the allegations levelled against him in the petition are false and that the first respondent filed the petition with a malafide intention to harass the petitioner and his mother and sister on one pretext or