THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1067 of 2009 Dated : 21.10.2009 Between : Pallerla Shanthan Kumar & others ….. Petitioners a n d The State of A.P. & another ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1067 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioners/A.1 to A.3 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.173 of 2008 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Siddipet, arising out of crime No.317 of 2007 of Siddipet-I Town Police Station registered for the offence punishable under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code. 2) Heard both sides. 3) The material available on record reveals that the petitioners are the husband and parents-in-law of the defacto complainant. The offence alleged against the petitioners is punishable under Section 498-A of I.P.C. The complaint, which is the basis for registering the case, reveals that the harassment was by the first petitioner/husband only and there is merely an allegation saying that petitioners 2 and 3, the parents-in-law, also have harassed the defacto complainant and that they telephonically threatened her, which looks to be somewhat unacceptable. 4) In the circumstances, there is no sufficient material to proceed against petitioners 2 and 3. As such, the proceedings in C.C.No.173 of 2008 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Siddipet, are quashed against petitioners 2 and 3 only. 5) Accordingly, the criminal petition is allowed in part. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 21st October, 2009 sur