THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRL.P.NO.8052 OF 2011 ORDER The petitioner-accused No.4 preferred this criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash the proceedings in Cr.No.208 of 2011 on the file of the Police Station, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, filed for the offences under Sections 307 and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner herein is living in United Kingdom. The allegation against the petitioner is that in the year 2008, when she came to Hyderabad, quarreled with the de facto complainant, abused her and also informed her husband to drive her and to marry another lady. The present complaint is lodged after lapse of three years i.e., in the month of February, 2011. Subsequent to the said incident, the petitioner is living in United Kingdom. Further, no allegation is made against the petitioner to attract an offence under Section 498-A IPC. This Court perused the entire record and also heard the arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioner. This Court is of the view that the complaint is belated as far as the petitioner is concerned and no ingredients to attract the offence under Section 307 IPC. Hence, the Investigating Officer is directed to consider the contentions raised by the petitioner before this Court, during the time of investigation and to decide the issue in accordance with law and to file the final report before the end of November, 2011. With the above observation, the criminal petition is disposed of. _______________ RAJA ELANGO,J rkk Dated: 7-9-2011