IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9040 OF 2009 Between: Ch. Tarakeswara Achary, S/o. Krishna Murthy ……Petitioner – accused AND State of A.P., through the Station House Officer, Sanjeevareddy Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9040 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner Ch. Tarakeswara Achary, accused, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.1365 of 2009 of Sanjeevareddy Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. Heard 3. Marriage of the de facto complainant with the petitioner took place on 15-08-2009 and this complaint against the petitioner was given on 21-10-2009. 4. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the parents of the petitioner are very old and immediately after the marriage his father became sick and he was admitted into the hospital and seeing the condition of the family, de facto complainant wanted to put up a separate family, for which the petitioner refused, as such, false complaint is given by her. 5. The fact that within two months of the marriage complaint was given and in between father of the petitioner was hospitalized within a week after the marriage would show that there is some truth in the contention of the petitioner. 6. Therefore, it is directed that investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of the investigation shall go on, but the petitioner shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. 7. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission itself. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J November 2, 2009. PV