THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.325 of 2009 Dated : 21.10.2009 Between : Tanuku Viswa Srirama Raghu & others ….. Petitioners a n d The State of A.P. & another ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.325 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioners/A.1 to A.5 seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.3 of 2009 of Nidadavolu Police Station, West Godavari District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 307, 498-A read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2) The learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner contends that the place where the complaint was lodged has territorial jurisdiction, but the same is disputed by the learned counsel for the second respondent and it is not possible to decide the disputed question of territorial jurisdiction at this stage. 3) With regard to other aspects, the allegations made in the complaint against petitioners 2 to 4 are somewhat omnibus and no statements of witnesses are available on record. As such, it is too premature to decide as to whether there is any material against the petitioners or not. 4) In the circumstances, the criminal petition is disposed of with a direction that petitioners 2 to 4 shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. The investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of investigation shall go on and the petitioners are at liberty to challenge the charge sheet. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 21st October, 2009 sur