THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 13554 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner/Accused No.1 approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No. 490 of 2010 on the ﬁle of IV Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam, registered for the oﬀences punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. Admittedly, the matter is at the stage of investigation. On a perusal of the record, it is seen that there are some allegations against the petitioner herein. As such, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation. But at the same time, since the alleged oﬀences arose out of matrimonial disputes, if the petitioner is arrested, it may cause prejudice in case there is any proposal for settlement between the parties in future. Hence, the Investigating Oﬃcer is directed to complete the investigation of the case without making arrest of the petitioner herein. The Criminal Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. -------------------------------- JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 24th November 2011 ksld