HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2846 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.1, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No.25 of 2011 of P.S. Langerhouse, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Section 363 r/w 34 IPC. The defacto complainant 1st respondent herein lodged a complaint against the petitioner and others with the P.S. Langerhouse, Hyderabad, stating that while her daughter-in-law Smt. Asha Fatima, W/o Naseeruddin Siddiqui was sweeping in front of the house on 23.01.2011, the petitioner herein came and took away her daughter-in-law in an auto and his family members also cooperated with him in kidnapping her daughter-in-law. Heard both sides. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is the legally wedded husband of Farheenunnisa who is daughter of 1st respondent and by suppressing the said marriage and without taking divorce or khula from the petitioner, in collusion with the 1st respondent and his son, the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the petitioner performed second marriage to their daughter Farheenunnisa by changing her name with the son of the 1st respondent’s son. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the crime. The wife of the petitioner appeared before this Court and filed an affidavit narrating the facts which runs as follows: “I, Farheenussisa, W/o Syed Saleemuddin, aged 21 years, occupation:Housewife, R/o 20-6-362, Masjid-e-Zama Khan Shaheed, Aliabad, Hyderabad, do hereby solemnly affirm and state on oath as under:- That I am the deponent herein and as such I am fully aware with the facts of the case. That I married Syed Saleemuddin in the month of October 2009. Subsequently, my parent and others forcibly obtained Khula from him in February 2010, but on 8.3.2010 I rejoined him by performing Nikah- e-Tajdeed in the office of Qazi Murad Mahal, Hyderabad and was residing with him happily. During my second month of pregnancy my parents took me forcibly and got me aborted in Dr.Hema’s Hospital, Puranapul, Hyderabad. Subsequently, my parents joining hands with Naseeruddin Siddiqui and her father, by changing my name as Ayesha Fatima, married me knowing fully well that I am the wife of Syed Saleemuddin and on 22.1.2011 I joined my husband Syed Saleemuddin. My marriage with Naseeruddin was performed only to cheat my husband Syed Saleemuddin. Hence this affidavit.” In view of the above, this Court is of the view that continuation of the criminal proceedings against the petitioner would serve no purpose and hence the proceedings against the petitioner in the crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in Crime No.25 of 2011 of P.S. Langerhouse, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 1st April, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2846 of 2011 (Allowed) 1st April, 2010 CBS