THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10346 OF 2009 Dated : 09.12.2009 Between : K.Devaiah ….. Petitioner/Accused a n d The State of A.P. & another ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10346 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner/Accused seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.316 of 2009 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Asifabad, Adilabad District, for the offence punishable under Section 497 I.P.C. 2) Heard. 3) The allegation against the petitioner is of developing illicit intimacy with one Bomma Rajeshwari and keeping her in his house as a concubine and the husband of said Rajeshwari has given complaint against the petitioner. 4) In view of the nature of allegations and in order to avoid prejudice to either party to the litigation, I am not inclined to discuss the merits of the case and it is not a case where the proceedings against the petitioner can be quashed. 5) Therefore, the criminal petition is dismissed. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 9th December, 2009 SUR