IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD SATURDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.5826 OF 2009 Between: M.V. Ramana Prasad, S/o. Varaha Charyulu ……Petitioner – Accused No.1 AND K. Sreelatha & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.5826 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner M.V. Ramana Prasad, accused No.1, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in D.V.C. No.6 of 2009 on the file of I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Khammam, filed by the complainant K. Sreelatha, respondent No.1 herein, under the provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. 2. Heard. 3. The petitioner is the husband of the complainant. 4. In view of the remedies claimed in the DVC, there are no merits for quashing the impugned proceedings against the petitioner. 5. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the complainant is a Government servant, as such, she is not at all entitled to maintenance. 6. The above aspect shall be considered by the trial Court before awarding any interim or final maintenance. 7. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 5, 2009. PV