IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERAAD Tuesday, the 14th day of June, 2011 Present: Hon’ble Sri Justice N. Ravi Shankar Crl.P.No. 4464 of 2011 Between: Chowtapalli Venkateswara Rao and others …Petitioners and The State of AP …Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRL.P.No. 4464 of 2011 O r d e r: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor. 2. The petitioners are shown as A-1 to A-3 in Cr.No. 85 of 2011 of Agiripalli PS., Krishna District. The offences alleged are those punishable under sections 323, 354 and 34 IPC. A perusal of the FIR would show that the whole dispute started with regard to some petty matter. The first petitioner is aged about 70 years, 2nd petitioner is a lady and the 3rd petitioner is 2nd petitioner’s husband. The allegations prima facie would show that it is not an offence against womanhood. However, there is no ground to quash the proceedings at this stage. 3. In these circumstances, having regard to the fact that there is no evidence that the offence has been committed against the womanhood and the fact that the first petitioner is aged about 70 years and the second petitioner is a lady, the police can go ahead with the investigation and they may take a decision regarding the arrest of the petitioners after completion of the investigation. 4. With the above direction the petition is dismissed. _____________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR, J. June 14, 2011. *BVS