THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5166 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court seeking to quash the First Information Report registered against them on the file of Station House Officer, Narsapur Town P.S., Narsapur, West Godavari District, for the offence punishable under Sections 498-A of I.P.C. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that there is no allegation in the complaint against the petitioners herein and further more, the first petitioner, who is the grand mother of A1 is residing in an ashram at Narsapur Town and the second petitioner, who is the maternal aunt of A1 is also residing in Hyderabad since a long time and they are not staying with the defacto complainant. Learned counsel for the first respondent has submitted that even though there are no specific allegations in the complaint against the petitioners, the investigation reveals that the petitioners along with A1 have harassed the defacto complainant physically and mentally for additional dowry and this fact was also incorporated in the remand report. On 29.6.2011, this Court, passed the following order: “Notice before admission. Counsel for the petitioners is also permitted to take out personal notice to first respondent and file proof. Post after four weeks. There shall be interim stay of arrest of the petitioners until further orders.” Learned counsel for the first respondent has filed Criminal M.P. No 7703 of 2011 seeking vacation of the said order. In view of the rival submissions, the interim order passed by this Court on 29.6.2011 shall continue and the respondent- police are directed to conclude the investigation as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of three months and file charge sheet after conclusion of the investigation, either way. The Criminal Petition is accordingly disposed of. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 29th August, 2011 pnb