IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH: HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.2784 OF 2009 BETWEEN: 1. Smt. Dommati Rajavva W/o.D. Anjaiah 2. Dommati Anjaiah S/o.D. Bheemaiah 3. Thippani Ramadevi W/o.T. Trirupathi 4. Dommati Satyanarayana S/o. D. Anjaiah …. Petitioners AND 1. The State, rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 2. Smt. Kusuma Shanthi W/o. D. Rama Murthy …. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.2784 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners, accused Nos.2 to 5 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.131 of 2009 of Women’s Police Station, Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 498(A), 406 read with 34 IPC, Section 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and Section 3(i)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 2. Heard. 3. The averments in the complaint show that the entire allegations are made against accused No.1, who is husband of the de facto complainant, and petitioner No.1 herein, who is her mother-in- law, alone. 4. In the circumstances, there shall be stay of all further proceedings as far as petitioner Nos.2 to 4 are concerned and they shall not be arrested till filing of the charge sheet, if any. The investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of the investigation shall go on. 5. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission itself. _____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J November 10, 2009. KTL