IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.21073 of 2010 BETWEEN Nandela Venkata Varaha Tirupathamma. ... PETITIONER AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and two others. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. V. VENKATARAMANA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME MR. GHANIA MUSA (SC for ACB) MR. K. CHIDAMARAM for R3 The Court made the following order: ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks directions to quash the F.I.R.No.13/RCA-VSP/2009 dated 19.09.2009 registered against her husband for the offence under Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. 2. Petitioner, who claims to be the wife of the accused, is not the accused in the aforesaid crime. In that view of the matter, the petitioner has no locus standi to question the same for grant of relief as prayed for. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed granting liberty to the accused in the aforesaid crime to come up with a fresh writ petition. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J February 8, 2011 DSK