THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9418 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioners filed the present petition with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in F.I.R. No. 312 of 2011 on the file of the Station House Officer, Women Police Station, Charminar, South Zone, Hyderabad, for the offence punishable under Section 498-A of I.P.C. The petitioners are arrayed as accused in the aforesaid crime. Heard. Considering the nature of the allegations made against the petitioners, the proceedings initiated against them cannot be quashed. However, if the petitioners apprehend arrest at the hands of the respondent-police, they are at liberty to file an application for anticipatory bail before the District and Sessions Judge. On such application being filed by the petitioners, the concerned District and Sessions Judge is directed to consider the same on the same day, while taking into consideration the fact that the offence alleged against the petitioners arises out of matrimonial disputes. The Criminal Petition is accordingly disposed of. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 29th September, 2011 pnb