IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.848 OF 2010 Between: Chinabala Srinivas ……Petitioner – Accused No.1 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, through the Station House Officer, Shankarampet (R) Police Station, Medak District, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.848 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner Chinabala Srinivas, accused No.1, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.120 of 2009 of Shankarampet (R) Police Station, Medak District, registered for the offence under Section 498-A IPC. 2. Heard. 3. Petitioner herein is husband of the de facto complainant, respondent No.2 herein. 4. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that as misunderstandings arose between the spouses, they have agreed to live separately as per the arrangement made in a panchayat and in pursuance of that arrangement, de facto complainant received part of the amount i.e. Rs.40,000/- (Rupees forty thousand only) from the petitioner out of Rs.85,000/- (Rupees eighty five thousand only) and after receiving that amount, she gave the impugned false complaint. It is also reported that the petitioner is said to be on bail. 5. The issues raised by the learned counsel are questions of fact and the allegations made against the petitioner prima facie constitute the offence under Section 498-A IPC. Hence, the impugned proceedings against the petitioner cannot be quashed and no relief can be granted. 6. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J February 4, 2010. PV