THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 10630 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioners/Accused Nos. 5 and 6 approached this Court, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No. 109 of 2011 on the file of Devanakonda Police Station, registered for the offence punishable under Section 420 I.P.C. and Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C. The allegation against the petitioners and their relatives is that the 2nd respondent fixed the marriage of his daughter with one Avula Raju, Accused No.1 and performed the engagement also. Subsequently, Accused No.1 refused to marry his daughter on the ground that the bride is not fair and is in black complexion. Aggrieved by the same, the present complaint is filed against the petitioners and other accused under Section 200 Cr.P.C. in the Court of the Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Pattikonda, for the offence under Section 420 I.P.C. and the same was forwarded to Devanakonda Police Station for investigation and filing a report, under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. Without going into the merits of the case, as far as the allegations against the petitioners herein are concerned, though they are present at the time of engagement, no where it is stated in the complaint that the petitioners are also responsible for the refusal of the marriage by Accused No.1 with the daughter of the complainant, the 2nd respondent. Taking the same into consideration, the proceedings in FIR No. 109 of 2011 on the file of Devanakonda Police Station against the petitioners herein/Accused Nos. 5 and 6 alone are quashed. The Criminal Petition is accordingly allowed. ----------------------- RAJA ELANGO, J 3rd November 2011 ksld