HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1419 of 2010 Date : 14.12.2011 Between: B. Subba Reddy & others. …Petitioners And B. Raghunamma & another. …Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1419 of 2010 ORDER : This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.16 of 2008 on the file of Women Police Station, Nalgonda. The aforesaid crime is registered against the petitioners for the offences under Sections 498-A and 506 of IPC and under Section 3(i)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, on the complaint filed by the 1st respondent de facto complainant. A copy of the complaint is placed on record. In the complaint filed on 18th March 2008 by the 1st respondent, it is alleged that since 1999, she was working with extremists, during which time, the son of petitioners 1 and 2, by name, Srinivas Reddy, was introduced to her. It is alleged that she married the said Srinivas Reddy, and for some time, they worked along with extremists and surrendered in the year 2007. In the complaint, it is stated that after their surrender, her husband did not join her, as such, she went to the village where the petitioners were living, and at that time, the petitioners have abused her by mentioning her caste and thus insulted her. It is also complained that petitioners 1 and 2 have stated to her that as no dowry was paid when she was married, she has no right to join their son. In this criminal petition, it is contended by the learned counsel for petitioners that the alleged incident was in the month of January 2008, but the complaint was filed in March 2008. It is further submitted that no offence is made out in the complaint filed by the 1st respondent, so as to investigate in to the same. From a perusal of the complaint, it is clear that when the complainant proceeded to the village of petitioners as her husband did not join her after coming out from the extremist organization, all the petitioners have abused her in filthy language in the name of her caste and insulted her, and hence, it is a matter for investigation. Though it is the contention of the learned counsel for petitioners that the complainant was not staying with them at any point of time, it is not appropriate at this stage to express any view on the correctness or other wise of the allegations made in the complaint. For the aforesaid reasons, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this criminal petition with a direction to the respondents to complete the investigation as expeditiously as possible. There shall be a further direction to the 2nd respondent-Police not to arrest the petitioners till the investigation is completed. However, after completion of investigation and filing the charge sheet, it is open for the Police to take steps in accordance with law. Subject to above directions, this criminal petition is disposed of. ____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY 14th December 2011 ajr