THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7183 OF 2009 Dated : 08.12.2009 Between : Syed Jaffar ….. Petitioners/A.9 a n d The State of A.P. & another ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7183 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner/A.9 seeking to quash proceedings against him in crime No.72 of 2009 of RIMS Police Station, Kadapa City, Kadapa District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498A and 420 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of D.P. Act. 2) Heard. 3) The allegation against the petitioner is that he along with his friend A.1, the husband of the defacto complainant, propagated in the public that the defacto complainant is having illicit intimacy with the petitioner and six others and thereby harassed the victim. 4) A reading of the complaint does not reveal any specific allegations against the petitioner, however, the genuineness of the allegation has to be investigated into and at this stage even before completion of investigation, the proceedings against the petitioner cannot be quashed. However, considering the circumstances of the case, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. The investigation and consequential steps on the basis of investigation can go. 5) Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed of. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 8th December, 2009 SUR