IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TRUESDAY, THE NINETH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 4896 OF 2008. Between: Muddunuri Veeravenkata Satyanarayana Raju & 3-Ors. … Petitioners- Accused V/s. The State of Andhra Pradesh Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP Hyderabad & Anr. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri G. Simhadri Counsel for the Respondent No.1 : Addl.Public Prosecutor Counsel for the Respondent No.2: Sri MRL. Narasimha Rao The Court made the following : Order THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 4896 OF 2008. O R D E R : This Criminal Petition is filed under section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the FIR.No. 50 of 2008 of Kikuluru Rural Police Station, Krishna district) on the file of the Court of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kikuluru and to stay of all further proceedings including the arrest of second petitioner and fourth petitioner in connection with the above FIR.No. 50/2008. 2. The petitioners approached this Court with a prayer to quash the above F.I.R. on the basis of the complaint lodged by one Smt.Muddunuri Madhavi wife of Veer Venkata Satyanarayana Raju, the first petitioner herein and daughter-in-law of the second petitioner and related to third and fourth petitioners. 3. It is brought to the notice of this Court that after lodging the complaint even prior to the examination of the complainant, she expired due to blood cancer (carcinoma) and some of the persons, who were acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case appeared before this Court and informed that they are not inclined to prosecute the case against the petitioners and in view of the fact that the first petitioner has to take care of two minor children, the grand mother of the deceased-defacto complainant also informed this Court that they are not willing to depose against the petitioners herein. 4. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri G.Simhadri and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the State as well as Sri M.R.L. Narasimha Rao for respondent No.2. 5. This Court also perused the record and the complaint lodged by PW-1, which also does not disclose any evidence to attract the provisions of section 498-A of IPC. This Court is of the view that the pending of the FIR.No. 50 of 2008, dated 28-7-2008 on the file of the Court of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kikuluru, Krishna district is of no use by way of allowing the Station House Officer, Kikuluru Rural Police Station to further investigate in this matter. Hence, the FIR.No. 50 of 2008 of Kikuluru Rural Police Station, on the file of the Court of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kikuluru, be and is hereby quashed. 6. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed. _______________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO. 09-11-2010 I s L THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 4896 OF 2008 CIRCULATION ENTRY No. Date: 09-11-2010 Computer No. 43 Court Master : I s L