IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7664 OF 2009 Between: 1. Ch. Sunita 2. Praveen Reddy ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.4 & 5 AND Smt. B. Vani & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7664 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners Smt. Ch. Sunita and Praveen Reddy, accused Nos.4 and 5 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C. No.511 of 2008 on the file of X Metropolitan Magistrate, Malkajgiri, Cyberabad, arising out of Crime No.275 of 2008 of Neredmet Police Station, Cyberabad, registered for the offences under Sections 498-A IPC and 4 & 5 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. Heard. 3. Petitioner No.1 is sister-in-law of the de facto complainant Smt. B. Vani, respondent No.1 herein, and petitioner No.2 is husband of petitioner No.1. 4. A reading of the complaint could not reveal anything against petitioner No.2, who is husband of petitioner No.1. 5. So far as petitioner No.1 is concerned, there is an allegation against her stating that she went to Puna and instigated accused No.1, husband of the de facto complainant, to demand additional dowry. But, the material filed by the petitioners shows that in the enquiry in the D.V.C. proceedings, family of the de facto complainant stated that petitioner No.1 came to Puna to patch up the disputes between the spouses, which shows that petitioner No.1 went to Puna only to compromise the matter between the spouses, but not to encourage accused No.1 to further harass the de facto complainant, as alleged in the complaint. 6. In the circumstances, I am not inclined to accept the case of the de facto complainant that the petitioners have harassed her in any way, as such, the impugned proceedings against them are liable to be quashed. 7. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is allowed, at the admission stage itself, and the proceedings against both the petitioners in C.C. No.511 of 2008 on the file of X Metropolitan Magistrate, Malkajgiri, Cyberabad, are quashed. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 22, 2009. PV