HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S. NARAYANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.6321 of 2007 Date: March 10, 2010 Between: 1. Navala Sangeetha and another. … Petitioners And 1. The State of A.P., rep. by its Public Prosecutor, A.P. High Court Buildings, Hyderabad and another. …Respondents * * * ORDER: Heard the counsel on record. 2. The present criminal petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter in short referred to as “the Code” for the purpose of convenience) for Accused Nos.4 and 5 in C.C.No.449 of 2003 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Miryalaguda, praying for quashing the proceedings. 3. It is stated that PS Miryalaguda registered a case against the accused persons in crime No.97 of 2003 on the basis of a private complaint given by respondent No.2 under Section 498 (A) IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act. After completing investigation, the police had filed charge sheet. 4. It is stated that both the petitioners are students and due to omnibus allegations made against them, they are mentally suffering and could not concentrate on their studies. The petitioners are innocent. It is also stated that the Apex Court also observed that if there are no specific allegations against the other accused persons, the complaint may be quashed. Further it is stated that the petitioners plead not guilty of the offences and prayed for quashing of the complaint against them. 5. This Court had given anxious consideration to the allegations made in the charge sheet as well. Except making general allegations, no specific allegations as such had been made against the petitioners and it is not in controversy that the petitioners, at the relevant point of time, had been prosecuting their studies. 6. In the light of the facts and circumstances, the proceedings in C.C.No.449 of 2003 on the file of the Court of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Miryalaguda, are hereby quashed so far they relate to petitioners/A-4 & A-5. To the said extent the criminal petition is allowed. ____________________ (P.S. NARAYANA, J) Date: March 10, 2010. BSB