Dear Experts,
I am married in May 2009 and staying with parents at Visakhapatnam and my wife left the house without intimation to me on Nov 2009 while I am in Delhi for office work. My wife filed 498A at Rayagada, Orissa and Divorce and Maintenance case in Visakhapatnam. Being the only son and earning a good salary my parents and me didn’t take dowry. Prior to marriage, my father-in-law had done some online transactions with our family friend and asked her to pay to one of their relatives at Visakhapatnam as they borrowed money earlier from them. My father-in-law and our family friend worked in the same bank but in different states. Now they are showing those bank details paid to our family friend as money paid to us as dowry and filed a petition in the family court to summon our family friend. My family friend is unmarried and is very afraid to come to court and give her statement as it might effect her future. Her family is not ready to send her to court as they belong to another religion. Do I need to file a petition with my version for the petition filed by my wife.? Please suggest me how to show that they have not paid the money to us as dowry.
Thanks
Mahesh
