HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.DURGA PRASAD Crl.P.No.1344 of 2009 O R D E R: This petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. for quashing the proceedings against the petitioners/A.8 to A.11 in C.C.No.81 of 2008 arising out of Crime No.116 of 2008 of Pakala Police Station, pending on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Pakala. Heard the counsel for the petitioners. None appeared for respondent No.2. The petitioners’ counsel has pleaded that the petitioners are A-8, A- 9, A-10 and A-11 in the above said C.C.No.81 of 2008 and the charge sheet was filed against them along with the other accused, for the offence under Sections 420 and 417 IPC r/w 109 IPC. The present petitioners, who are A-8 to A-11, are charged only for the offence under Section 109 IPC, whereas A-1 was charge sheeted for the offence under Sections 420 and 417 of IPC. As per the allegations made in the charge sheet, it is evident that the present petitioners only supported A-1 in marrying another lady and rejecting the love affair with respondent No.2. Even in the First Information Report also, the respondent No.2 has stated that when she came to know about A-1 proposing to marry another lady, she approached the present petitioners to help her in resisting the said marriage, but they have not accepted her request and they have stated that they are going to support A.1. Apart from the mere allegation that the present petitioners supported A.1 in marrying another lady, there is no material on record to show that the present petitioners have instigated or abated A.1 in committing the alleged offences. Therefore, there is no prima facie material to prosecute the present petitioners under Section 109 of IPC. Hence, the petitioners are entitled for quashing of the proceedings against them in C.C.No.81 of 2008, pending on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Pakala. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings against the petitioners in C.C.No.81 of 2008, pending on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Pakala, are hereby quashed. _____________________ JUSTICE P.DURGA PRASAD 31st December, 2010 PNV