IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.7013 OF 2010 Between : Dasari Ranga Sai and others. ....PETITIONERS A N D The State of A.P. and another …RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.7013 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners seeking to quash First Information Report No.130 of 2009, dated 21.10.2009 of Amarthaluru Police station, Guntur District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 307, 354, 448 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, read with Section 156(3) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners herein filed a complaint in Crime No.130 of 2009 against the de facto complainant herein. As a counter blast to the said complaint the present complaint is filed against them. The counsel further submitted that some of the petitioners are not related to the husband of the de facto complainant, and hence, there cannot be any offence against the concerned persons. Admittedly, the complaint registered by the police, on the basis of the private complaint filed before the Magistrate, under Section 200 Cr.P.C. and when the said complaint was referred by the Magistrate under Section 156 (3) Cr.P.C., the Investigating Officer, as there is no other alternative except to register same, registered the same in Crime No.130 of 2009. But at the same time, it is the duty of the Investigating Officer to verify the veracity of the offence, allegations and also the relationship between the parties during investigation. Therefore, the Investigating Officer is hereby directed to consider all the aspects and file final report in either way. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO JULY 27, 2010. YVL