HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4258 OF 2008 ORDER: This criminal petition under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is filed by the petitioners-Accused seeking to quash all further proceedings in Crime No.219 of 2008 of Vanasthalipuram Police Station, Cyberabad, Hyderabad registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498-A and 494 of IPC. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The allegations against the petitioner are that petitioner got married the defacto complainant on 03-11-2001 according to custom and usage and after marriage they lived together happily for a period of two months. Later, the petitioner started harassing the defacto complainant on one pretext or the other and demanded her for an additional dowry. Being unable to bear the said torture, the defacto complaisant filed a report before the police, which was registered as a case in Cr.No.219 of 2008 of Vanasthalipuram P.S under Sections 498-A and 494 of IPC. As seen from the material papers on record, the petitioner approached this Court by way of this petition when the FIR is pending. Now it is learnt that the charge sheet was already filed and the court below took the cognizance. In view of the changed circumstances, this court is of the considered view that this petition is not maintainable and is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is dismissed. __________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated: 01.07.2010 TSNR