THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.6082 of 2011 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. 2. The allegations in the FIR read as a whole would show the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 427 IPC and it may also show some other offences viz., Section 457 IPC which the concerned police may ascertain after investigation. The learned counsel for petitioner vehemently argued that the de facto complainant even going by the FIR is second wife of the petitioner and therefore the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC cannot be applied to the present case. There is no force in this contention. As matters stand, it cannot be said that the ingredients of Section 498-A IPC cannot be applied to a case where the wife is a second wife. In any event, the matter has to be investigated by the concerned police. Therefore the relief for quashing the FIR is rejected. 3. However, having regard to the submissions made by the petitioner’s counsel, the police are directed to keep in view Section 41 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, as it stands today in taking a decision regarding arrest of the petitioner. 4. The Criminal Petition is accordingly disposed of at the stage of admission. ______________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR, J 28th July, 2011. CVRK