THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.449 OF 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner – accused No.2 seeking to quash the proceedings in S.C.No.530 of 2008 on the file of the VI Additional Assistant Sessions Judge, Medchal, arising out of Crime No.978 of 2007 of Jeedimetla Police Station, Cyberabad, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420 and 306 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. Petitioner – A2 is the father of A-1. The allegation against the accused is that the victim, a nurse, fell in love with the first accused, they developed intimacy, the victim became pregnant then the first accused forced her to have abortion. It is also alleged that the first accused collected an amount of Rs.1,00,000/-(Rupees one lakh only) from the victim promising to marry her, thereafter, he refused to marry her on the pretext that she belongs to a different caste. When a panchayat was held, both the accused refused for the marriage, thereafter, the deceased committed suicide by addressing a suicide note. 4. Considering these circumstances, it cannot be said that there is no prima facie case against the petitioner-A2, at least for the offence under section 306 IPC. Hence, I see no merits in this petition and the same is liable to be dismissed. 5. The Criminal Petition is accordingly dismissed. ___________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. 25th January 2010, Rns.