IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10088 OF 2009 Between: 1. Behara Surya Kumari 2. Behara Anand Rao 3. Behara Venkata Siva Kumar 4. Ampala Vanaja Kumari 5. Ampala Vasantha Kumar ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.2 to 6 AND The State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10088 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners, accused Nos.2 to 6 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.138 of 2009 of Parvathipuram Police Station, Vizianagaram District, registered for the offences under Sections 498-A IPC and 4 & 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 read with 156(3) Cr.P.C. 2. Heard. 3. Petitioner Nos.1 and 2 are parents-in-law, petitioner No.3 is brother-in-law, petitioner No.4 is sister-in-law, respectively, of the de facto complainant Behara Vijaya Laxmi, respondent No.2 herein, and petitioner No.5 is husband of petitioner No.4. 4 . In view of the nature of relationship between the parties, allegations against them and the admitted fact of accused No.1, husband of the de facto complainant, and the de facto complainant living separately for some time prior to giving complaint, it is directed that investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of the investigation shall go on, but the petitioners shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. 5 . With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 9, 2009. PV