THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5996 of 2010 DATED 30.08.2011 BETWEEN: J.Subbaraju .. Petitioner-accused and The State of A.P. & another .. Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5996 of 2010 ORDER: Petitioner-accused approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in S.T.C.No.41 of 2010 on the file of the Special Mobile Judicial First Class Magistrate at Machilipatnam for the offence punishable under Section 509 of Indian Penal Code. Heard. Allegations made against the petitioner-accused, in brief, as per the complaint of the de facto complainant-2nd respondent are that whenever the complainant used to attend her duty at Andhra Bank, Pedana, the accused used to misbehave with her. She complained the same to her father-in-law and others. Again on 14.12.2009 when she was returning to home after attending the office works, petitioner- accused asked her as to why she was so angry. Again on 15.12.2009 when she was returning from the office, accused followed her. Since the accused was trying to spoil her family life, she lodged a complaint before the Police requesting to take action against the petitioner. Basing on the above said complaint, Police registered a case in crime No.176 of 2009 of Pedana Police Station for the offence punishable under Section 509 of Indian Penal Code and after completion of investigation police filed present charge sheet against the petitioner-accused. While hearing the matter, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that without admitting the allegations made against the petitioner-accused, to show his bona fides the petitioner is ready to undertake that he will not interfere into the personal affairs of the de facto complainant and he will not visit her place. Accordingly, an affidavit is also filed by the petitioner to that effect. Learned counsel for the de facto complainant also expressed no- objection for quashing the further proceedings against the petitioner in the event of his filing an affidavit undertaking not to interfere with the personal life of the complainant. In view of the undertaking given by the petitioner-accused, this Court is of the view that the further proceedings against the petitioner- accused need not be continued. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in S.T.C.No.41 of 2010 on the file of the Special Mobile Judicial First Class Magistrate at Machilipatnam for the offence punishable under Section 509 of Indian Penal Code are quashed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated: 30.08.2011 sur