HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8649 OF 2009. DATED 25TH JANUAJRY, 2010. BETWEEN Atluri Koteshwar Rao and others ….Petitioners/Accused- 2,3 & 4 and Smt. Arekapudi Sowjanya and anr. ….Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8649 OF 2009. ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 is ﬁled seeking to quash all further proceedings in C.C.No. 1250 of 2009 on the ﬁle of the X V Metropolitan Magistrate at Medchal, Cyberabad. Heard. The oﬀence alleged against the petitioners is under Section 498-A IPC. The petitioners herein are the parents-in-law and brother-in-law of the complainant. A reading of the complaint reveals that there are allegations against the third petitioner. In fact, to some extent, there are allegations against petitioners 1 and 2 also. Though complaint is made against the parents and brother of husband of the complainant, speciﬁcally it is not known as to which respondent is responsible for harassment. There are some allegations against the parents-in-law. There are no specific allegations against the third petitioner. In the circumstances, prima facie I do not see any case against the third petitioner. Consequently, the proceedings against third petitioner who is Accused No.4 are quashed. However, the criminal petition is dismissed as for petitioners 1 and 2 are concerned. It is represented by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that NBWs are pending against petitioners 1 and 2. The petitioners 1 and 2 shall surrender before the trial Court within a fortnight from today and ﬁle bail petition, which the trial Court shall dispose of on the same day. As the case is of 2006, the trial Court is directed to complete the trial and dispose of the case as early as possible. Subject to the above, the Criminal petition is partly allowed. ---------------------------------------------- JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY DATED 25T H JANUARY, 2010. MSNR.