HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRL.PETITION NO.3384 OF 2010 Date: 15.04.2010 Between: Kanuboyina Laxmi Venkata Ratnam …..Petitioner And: The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. By Its Public Prosecutor and others. …..Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRL.PETITION NO.3384 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioner is A-2 and she is wife of A-1, who is a retired Assistant Sub Inspector of Police. A-1 and A-2 are accused of offences punishable under Sections 420, 323, 506 I.P.C and Section 3(1)(x) of the S.Cs and S.Ts (P.O.A) Act. 2) It is alleged that after retirement from service A-1, was running private chit fund business and that after collecting Rs.4,50,000/- from the respondents 2 to 4/defacto-complainants and others, A-1 disappeared. It is further alleged that when A-1 was caught hold, A-1 beat the defacto- complainants and others and abused them in the name of their caste. It is further alleged that when they went to A-1’s house for verification of availability of A-1 in the house, A-2 let off dogs against them and also abused them in the name of their castes. Since specific overt acts are attributed to A-2 about she abusing the victims in the name of scheduled caste, this Court in this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C cannot go into truth or otherwise of those allegations. It is contended that it is nothing but abuse of process of law on the part of the respondents 2 to 4 to implicate A-2 who is a house-wife in this offence and that it was so done with a malice to force A-1 for compromise and that there is no provision for anticipatory bail also in a case of this nature. In the circumstances, I see no merits in this petition. At the same time, since A-2 is only a house-wife, I propose to grant marginal relief to her. 3) In the result, the petition is dismissed, however, the Nidadavolu Police are directed not to arrest A-2 until filing of final report/charge sheet i.e., until completion of investigation. ________________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDA RAJULU,J. April 15, 2009 KSH