HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITON No.6815 OF 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition, under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, is filed by the petitioners – accused Nos.1 to 5 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in FIR No.83 of 2011 of Cheepurupalli Police Station, Vizianagaram District, for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 34 IPC and 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act (for short ‘DP Act’). 2. According to the prosecution, the petitioners harassed the 2nd respondent – de facto complainant by demanding dowry and also additional dowry. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the 2nd respondent filed the present complaint with false allegations, after receipt of notice in O.S. No.1600 of 2011 on the file of the XXI Junior Civil Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, filed by the petitioners against the 2nd respondent and others and that the allegations in the complaint does not constitute the offences punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and 3 & 4 of the DP Act. 4. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and the aforesaid submissions, this Court is of the view that this is not the stage to interfere with the investigation. However, if the petitioners apprehend arrest in the hands of the police, they are at liberty to file an application seeking anticipatory bail before the concerned District & Sessions Judge. On such application, the concerned District & Sessions Judge is directed to consider the same favourably since the offences are arising out matrimonial disputes. 5. With the above observation, this criminal petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this criminal petition, if any, shall stand closed. ______________ RAJA ELANGO, J August 09, 2011 KTL