Dowry case: Two Andhra judges held

Hyderabad: A father and son, both judges, found themselves on the other side of the law on Friday. The entire family, including the elder judge’s wife, has been arrested in a dowry harassment case.

While the father, T Narasimha Rao, is additional district judge and special judge for SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act) cases in Mahbubnagar, the son, T Kiran Kumar, is a junior civil judge at Raidurgam in Anantapur district.

The Central Crime Station (CCS) acted on a complaint lodged by the daughter-in-law, Shashikala (28), accusing her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law Narayanamma of harassing her for dowry since her marriage on February 17, 2005. The couple has a three-year-old son.

Shashikala, who is from Madhuranagar in Secunderabad, had alleged in her complaint lodged on August 8, 2008, that despite a dowry of Rs 5.5 lakh and gold over 150 gm, her husband’s family kept demanding more and wanted a house in Madhuranagar to be transferred in their name.

She also accused them of bribing cops to arrest and torture her brother. The CCS is also investigating charges of dowry harassment against three more persons — V Jyotsana Devi, B Bharati and B Ellappa.
Source:- The Times of India 21 June 2009 P. 9 Delhi