THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.7431 OF 2010 Between : Abdul Qadir Samad and others. ....PETITIONERS A N D The State of A.P. and another …RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.7431 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners seeking to quash the proceedings in First Information Report No.376 of 2010 of Women Police Station (WPS) City Crime Station(CCS), Hyderabad, for the offences punishable under Sections 406 and 420 of Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that for the same set of facts, on 18.11.2009 a complaint was lodged by the de facto complainant before the Women Police Station, Hyderabad, in Crime No.553 of 2009 for the offence punishable under Section 498A read with Sections 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. While pendency of the same, the present complaint is filed by the de facto complainant, with the self same allegations. Hence, the learned counsel for the petitioners prays to quash the present complaint in Crime No.376 of 2010 of Women Police Station, City Crime Station, Hyderabad. 3. Perused the entire record and also heard the arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Public Prosecutor. 4. A perusal of the complaint in Crime No.376 of 2010 of Women Police Station, discloses that except stating that earlier also she filed a dowry harassment case against the petitioners in Crime No.553 of 2009 and pendency of other domestic violence cases, the allegations in the present complaint are one and same as mentioned in the earlier complaint. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that both the complaints are pending on the file of Women Police Station, Hyderabad, and the same are being investigated into by one and the same Investigating Officer. 6. On a perusal of the material papers, this Court is of the view that there is no need of two crimes to investigate the matter, which arises out of the same issue. Hence, this Court is inclined to quash the present complaint in Crime No.376 of 2010 of Women Police Station, Hyderabad. But, at the same time, the Investigating Officer is directed to investigate Crime No.553 of 2009, and consider the present complaint lodged by the complainant as further material collected during the course of investigation and investigate the matter on the basis of the allegations mentioned in the present complaint. After completion of investigation, the Investigating Officer is directed to file a final report before the Court concerned either way. 7. With the above observations and directions, the criminal petition is disposed of. _________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO AUGUST 04, 2010. YVL