THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.5608 and 5997 OF 2009 COMMON ORDER: These two criminal petitions arise out of same Crime filed by different accused, they are being heard and disposed of by this common order. 2. Criminal Petition No.5608 of 2009 is filed by accused Nos.2 to 4 – parents-in-law and brother-in-law of the complainant respectively, whereas, Criminal Petition No.5997 of 2009 is filed by accused No.1 – wife of the de facto complainant. 3. These two criminal petitions are filed by the petitioners - accused Nos.1 to 4 under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.265 of 2008 of Abids Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 500, 506 and 406 IPC and Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. 4. Heard both sides. 5. The contention of the de facto complainant is that the wife suppressing the fact of her earlier subsisting marriage, married the complainant with the active connivance of her parents and brother. There is documentary evidence to show that there was subsisting marriage between the first accused and her earlier husband on the date when she married the present complainant. No doubt, subsequently much later, there was a divorce between the first accused and her earlier husband. As such, it cannot be said that there is no prima facie case against the petitioners. 6. In the circumstances, both the Criminal Petitions are dismissed. ___________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. Date: 03.11.2009. Rns