THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12865 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No.549 of 2011 of Afzalgunj Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 306 IPC. The petitioner is a doctor and the deceased is his wife. The deceased, who was also a doctor, committed suicide on 14.08.2011 by hanging herself and one of her relatives lodged a complaint, on the basis of which the present crime is registered. The relevant portion of the complaint runs as follows: “…Harsha told me that Lakshmi wrote P.G. weekly exam held at her institute “Andhra Saraswati College” in Kingkoti and came along with his brother to Osmania Medical College in Koti and from there Harsha & Lakshmi came to Osmania General Hospital P.G. accommodation room No.218 at 12.40 p.m. She was trying to explain Harsha about the exam but Harsha went out without her willingness. Both quarreled and Harsha left to Panjagutta on his business work to buy Ultrasound Scanning M/s from some vendor in Coimbatore. He came back at around 2.25 a.m. and found her dead hanging to the ceiling fan. He did not took her to doctor immediately. Because of his negligence and inattitude towards Lakshmi, my sister is dead. I suspect he tortured her and used to beat her...” The complaint clearly reveals that when the deceased was trying to explain the petitioner about the exam, the petitioner went out without her willingness. Further, the allegation against the petitioner is that when the deceased attempted to commit suicide, he has not taken any steps to save her. But, there is nothing on record to show that the petitioner has induced the deceased to commit suicide. Hence, this Court is of the view that the entire reading of the complaint and the other material placed on record does not disclose that the petitioner has committed the offences alleged against him and, hence, the proceedings against the petitioner in the present crime are liable to be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings against the petitioner in Crime No.549 of 2011 on the file of Afzalgunj Police Station, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 07.12.2011 v v