THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12843 of 2010 DATED 7th MARCH, 2011. BETWEEN : Gruddanti Vinay Kumar Reddy and others. .. Petitioners and 1) The State of A.P. 2) Smt. Gruddanti Prathibha ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12843 of 2010 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.5 of 2008 on the file of the III Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar, Ranga Reddy District. Heard. Admittedly, the F.I.R. in the present case is registered in the year 2007 and the charge sheet is filed in the year 2008. The petitioners approached this Court in the year 2010 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in the said C.C.No.5 of 2008 on the file of the III Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar, Ranga Reddy District, on the ground that there is no specific allegation levelled against them in the charge sheet filed before the trial Court. Learned counsel for the respondents vehemently contended that the petitioners have slept over their supposed grievances for a period of two years and approached this Court in the year 2010. He relied on the judgments in Jamuna vs. S.Panja[1] a n d Gopal Chauhan v. Smt.Satya and another[2]. A perusal of the judgment in Jamuna’s case (1 supra) discloses that it is in connection with failure on the part of the petitioner therein to invoke the provisions of Section 397 of Cr.P.C., after the discharge petition was dismissed by the trial Court, whereas this is a case wherein after receipt of summons by the witnesses, the petitioners approached this Court in the year 2010. The judgment in Gopal Chauhan’s case (2 supra) is also on similar lines. In criminal law, each and every case has to be dealt with in accordance with the facts and circumstances of the case. Since the offence alleged against the petitioners is punishable under Section 498-A of IPC, which arose out of matrimonial dispute, there is every possibility of settlement between the parties. Further, prior to examination of the witnesses, the petitioners approached this Court and moreover the petitioners are only related to the husband of the complainant and not directly involved in the alleged offence. On perusal of the entire charge sheet, there is no specific allegation against the petitioners to attract the above provisions of law. Further, the petitioners approaching the Court belatedly cannot be a ground to direct them to face trial for some more years in the said C.C.No.5 of 2008 on the file of the III Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar, Ranga Reddy District. Even the entire reading of the complaint does not disclose that the petitioners have committed the offence alleged. Therefore, the proceedings against the petitioners before the trial Court amount to abuse of process of law and this Court has no hesitation to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in C.C.No.5 of 2008 on the file of the III Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar, Ranga Reddy District. In view of the above, the proceedings against the petitioners alone in C.C.No.5 of 2008 on the file of the III Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar, Ranga Reddy District, are hereby quashed. In any event, the learned trial Judge is directed to conclude the trial in C.C.No.5 of 2008 on the file of the III Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar, Ranga Reddy District, insofar as the other accused are concerned, within six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above observations, this criminal petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 07.03.2011 v v [1] 1986 (3) Crimes 540 [2] 1979 Crl. L.J. 446