THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.125 OF 2009 Dated : 25.11.2009 Between : D.Mallikarjun & others ….. Petitioners/A.1 to A.3 a n d 1) D.Nalini Sree 2) The State of A.P. ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.125 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners/A.1 to A.3 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.473 of 2008 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, City Criminal Courts, Hyderabad, for the offence punishable under Section 498A and 406 I.P.C. and Sections 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 3) On 12.11.2009 while extending the interim stay, this Court directed the first petitioner and first respondent to be present before this Court, in pursuance of which, the first respondent/wife is present, but the first petitioner is not present and the reason given by his counsel is of sickness. All these circumstances would go to show the delaying tactics of the petitioner. Apart from the same, I also perused the material available on record and I see no grounds to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. 4) Therefore, the criminal petition is dismissed. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 25th November, 2009 SUR