THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.3656 of 2011 Date: 30.06.2011 Between: Md. Akram and others. …Petitioners. And The State of A.P, rep.by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad and another. ….Respondents. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.3656 of 2011 ORDER: 1. Heard Sri Gurmi Singh, the learned counsel for the petitioners, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the 1st respondent and Sri A. Ravi Shankar, the learned counsel for the 2nd respondent. 2. The petitioners herein are the accused in Crime No.60 of 2011 of Rain Bazar Police Station, Hyderabad and they filed this petition to quash that First Information Report. The offences alleged are those punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The plea of the petitioners is that the whole case stated in the First Information Report is false and it is filed as a counter blast to an earlier criminal case in Crime No.188 of 2010 of Rain Bazar Police Station in which the 3rd petitioner herein is the defacto-complainant. It is seen that the said complaint is given by the 3rd petitioner against the brother and other relatives of the 2nd respondent herein. It is not necessary to go into the other details. 3. A perusal of the First Information Report would show that it undoubtedly contains the allegations relating to the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The investigation is still pending. The various pleas raised by the petitioners are within the purview of the disputed questions of fact. Therefore, they cannot be decided in this petition, which is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. 4. It may be noted that the petitioners 2 & 3 herein are the parents-in-law of the defacto-complainant while the 4th and 5th petitioners are stated to be the brother and sister of the defacto-complainant’s husband and 6th petitioner is stated to be unwell. 5. It may be noted that the other case is filed by the 3rd petitioner herein is pending as P.R.C.No.6 of 2011 on the file of VIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. 6. In the circumstances, except the 1st petitioner, who is the husband of the defacto-complainant, the Police may take a decision about the arrest of the petitioners 2 to 6, after completion of investigation. 7. This Criminal Petition is accordingly disposed of at the admission stage. __________________________ JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR Date: 30.06.2011. mrb