HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No.10155 of 2009 O R D E R: The petitioners 1 to 5/A.1 to A.5 are accused of offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 506 IPC. A.1 is husband of the 1st respondent/de facto complainant. A.2 is father, A.3 is paternal uncle and A.4 and A.5 are relations of A.1. Previously the 1st respondent gave report to Shadnagar Police who registered case in Cr.No.501 of 2008 under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The said F.I.R. was questioned on the point of territorial jurisdiction in W.P.No.26988 of 2008. This Court by order dated 11.12.2008 in W.P.M.P.No.35346 of 2008 granted stay of all further proceedings in that crime. It is alleged that subsequent to the above proceedings, on 15.06.2009, A.1 to A.5 came to the 1st respondent’s parents’ house at Ongole where the 1st respondent was residing and demanded for withdrawal of Shadnagar case and also demanded additional dowry. Having obtained stay on the ground of territorial jurisdiction in Shadnagar case, now it is not open to the petitioners to contend that this report in Ongole I town Police Station is bad in law. It is not the petitioners’ case that Ongole I Town Police Station has no territorial jurisdiction to register the case. There are no circumstances to quash FIR in this Criminal Petition and to prevent investigation of the case at its threshold. It is contended by the petitioners’ counsel that subsequently the matter is compromised between the parties. If it is so, it is open for both the parties to approach I Town Police Station of Ongole and report compounding of the case, in which event, the Investigating Officer will record second or further statements of all the parties and in case the Investigating Officer finds that the compromise or the compounding of the offences is true and voluntary, then the Investigating Officer will drop the case and file referred report before the Magistrate accordingly or otherwise the Investigating Officer will be at liberty to proceed with further investigation of the case. Subject to the above observations, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU,J Dt. 1st November, 2011. PNV