HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1827 OF 2009 Dated : 24.12.2010 Between : P.Kumar … Petitioner-A.7 a n d The State of A.P. & another … Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1827 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioner-A.7 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.261 of 2008 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Puttur. Heard. Petitioner is prosecuted in above said calendar case along with other accused for an offence punishable under Sections 498A, 323 of Indian Penal Code and 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the present petitioner is no way connected with the affairs of the second respondent herein and he only arranged for the marriage. Learned counsel for R.2 also fairly submits that the petitioner is not only related to the accused, but also to the second respondent herein. On perusal of the charge sheet and other material on record, no specific allegations are leveled against the petitioner expect mere allegation that the petitioner-A.7 instigated the other accused. But, either the charge sheet or the statements of the witnesses do not disclose the manner in which the petitioner instigated the other accused to commit the crime. In the absence of any specific allegations, the petitioner cannot be proceeded further in the Court of law. Hence, considering the above facts and circumstances, the further proceedings in C.C.No.261 of 2008 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Puttur, are hereby quashed against the present petitioner. The learned Magistrate is at liberty to proceed further in the case against the other accused in accordance with law and dispose of the case as expeditiously as possible. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 24.12.2010 sur