THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9586 OF 2009 Dated : 17.11.2009 Between : N.Tirupal Reddy ….. Petitioners/A.2 a n d The State of A.P. & another ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9586 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner/A.2 seeking to quash proceedings against him in crime No.197 of 2009 of Aliperi Police Station, Chittoor District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 354, 506 and 509 read with Section 34 I.P.C. 2) Heard. 3) The allegation against the petitioner is of attempting to outrage the modesty of the defacto complainant, who is a Dentist. 4) Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner is the husband of the friend of the defacto complainant and he lent an amount of Rs.8,50,000/- to the mother of the complainant and for recovery of the said amount, he filed complaint under Section 138 N.I. Act apart from a civil suit and the present case is filed against the petitioner in order to pressurize the petitioner to withdraw the cases filed by him. 5) At this stage, it is not possible to give any finding regarding the genuineness of the complaint. The complainant is a Dentist and her mother is also a Dentist as reported by the learned counsel for the petitioner. Such being the social status of the complainant, at this stage it is difficult to accept the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that a false complaint of this nature is given by the complainant. Therefore, I see no merits in the criminal petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. 6) However, in the circumstances of the case, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. The investigation and consequential steps on the basis of investigation shall go on. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 17th November, 2009 SUR