IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.493 OF 2008 Between: Seerapu Lakshmi Rama Tulasi …… Petitioner AND Seerapu Mohana Bhavani Srinivas & 10 others .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.493 OF 2008 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner Seerapu Lakshmi Rama Tulasi seeking to quash the docket order passed by the learned II Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Bhimavaram, in returning the private complaint filed by her in C.C. (SR) No.10574 of 2007 dated 09-10-2007 and consequently direct the trial Court to take up the private complaint and proceed in accordance with law. 2. Heard. 3. As the complaint is returned, there is no necessity of serving the accused, respondent Nos.1 to 10, at this stage. The question of territorial jurisdiction, somewhat, depends on questions of certain facts also. Respondent No.2 Seerapu Jayalakshmi @ Vijayalakshmi, who is second wife of the petitioner’s husband Seerapu Mohana Bhavani Srinivas – respondent No.1, perhaps, can be an abettor for the second marriage. 4. Therefore, the trial Court is directed to take cognizance of the case, if the complaint is otherwise in order and issue process to the accused. However, the accused would be at liberty to challenge the proceedings at any stage before any appropriate Court. 5. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J January 18, 2010. PV