THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY Criminal Petition No. 1787 of 2009 O R D E R: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners/accused seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No. 99 of 2008 on the file of the Court of the Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Narasannapeta, Srikakulam District, for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 324, 337, 338, 447 and 506 read with 34 I.P.C. 2. Heard. 3. The main contention of the learned counsel for the petitioners is that an earlier complaint was given for the same offences by the father of the de facto-complainant and the police after investigation, referred it as false and against that, no protest petition was filed and no further steps were taken. Subsequently, the present complaint was filed by the father of the de facto-complainant and as such, the same is not maintainable. I am not inclined to accept this contention, as in the earlier case, there was no trial and only latches on the part of the complainant was of not filing any protest petition, but that would not prohibit a private complaint being filed. However, this question can also be canvassed by the petitioners before the trial Court. 4. Subject to the above observation, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the stage of admission. ----------------------------- (P. SWAROOP REDDY, J) 4th December 2009 ksld