IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10291 OF 2009 Between: 1. Ch. Ramachandra Chary 2. Ch. Sateesh 3. Smt. Ch. Meerabai 4. Ch. Narasimha Chary ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.1 to 4 AND The State of A.P., through the Station House Officer, Sanjeevareddy Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10291 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners Ch. Ramachandra Chary, Ch. Sateesh, Smt. Ch. Meerabai & Ch. Narasimha Chary, accused Nos.1 to 4 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.1369 of 2009 of Sanjeevareddy Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 354, 498-A, 448, 406 & 506 IPC and 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. Heard. 3 . The petitioners are father-in-law, brother-in-law, mother-in-law and husband, respectively, of the de facto complainant Smt. Ch. Jyothi, respondent No.2 herein. 4. The allegations are similar against all the petitioners. 5. As contended by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the material on record reveals that petitioner No.4, husband of the de facto complainant, filed O.P. No.199 of 2009 before the Family Court Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad for restitution of conjugal rights in February, 2009 and the same was allowed in October, 2009 and thereafter the present complaint is given in October, 2009 with false allegations. 6. In the circumstances, it is directed that investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of the investigation shall go on, but petitioner Nos.1 to 3 shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. 4. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is allowed in part in respect of petitioner Nos.1 to 3 alone and the same is dismissed against petitioner No.4. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 8, 2009. PV