HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.11966 OF 2010 ORDER: This petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. by the petitioners/Accused Nos. 2 to 6 for quashing of the proceedings in Crime No. 144 of 2010 on the file of the Station House Officer, Eluru Rural Police Station, West Godavari District. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State. Perused the records. 3. Based on the complaint given by the second respondent, the police registered a case against the petitioners-A2 to A4 and A1 for the offences under Section 3(1)(X) of S.C. S.T. Act, 1989 and under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry prohibition Act. Petitioners 1 and 2, Accused Nos. 2 and 3 are the parents of A1. The third petitioner-Accused No.4 is stated to be the brother of A2. 4. According t the complainant, she belongs to S.C. community; that she was working in Godavari Chemical factory as daily labourer and A1 , who was working as a Cashier in the same factory be-friended thecomplainant and on the premise of marrying he, developed intimacy with her and on 23.5.201, A1 took the complainant to his room in Dendulur, much against the will of the complainant and had sexual inter course with her against her consent and subsequently when thecomplainant was demandign A1 to enter into marriage with her, he has been postponing the same. That A1 with the assistance of his friends taken the complainant to Hyderabad and on coming to know that a complaint was given to the police about the missing of the complainant, both of them returned to Eluru on 24.8.2010 and after negotiations befor ethe village elders, the marriage of A1 was performed with the complainant as per the caste customs. Thecomplainant alleged that on the next date of the marriage, the petitioners-A2 and A3, who are the parents of A1 and third petitoner-A, who is the brother of A2, along with the friends of A1 came upon the house of the complainant and threatened the complainant and her parents and demanded Rs.5.00 lakhs as dwry and when teh complaint’s parents pleaded helplessness, the petitioners and A1 abused the complainant int he name of her caste. 5. The complaint discloses very serious allegations against Accused No.1 and the petitioners, which require a thorough investigation to ascertain the truth or otherwise thereof. In view of hte gravity of the offences alleged andin view of the specific allegations made against the petitoners, prima facie, attracting ingredients of the offences, it is cosnidered not a fit case to invoke the inherent powers of this Court under section 482 of Cr.P.C and quash the furthe rproceedings in Crime No.144 of 2010. It is well established principle fo law that inhrent poer of this Court under Section 482 of Cr.P.c. have to be exercised with care, caution and circumspection and cannot be invoked to stall the investigation into the complaint at the threshold stage, especially when teh complainant makes specific allegations against the accused, prima facie, attracting the ingredients fo the offences alleged. 6. There are no valid or tenable grounds to invoke the inherent power under Section 482 of Cr.P.c. and to quash the proceedings in Crime No. 144 of 2010. At any rate teh complaint deserves a thorough investigation so as to bring the offenders to justice. The investigation shall therefore, go on. Howevr, teh petitioners may not be arrested tillthe conclusion of the investigation and filing of the charge sheet. 7. In the result, the Criminal petition is dismissed with the above observations. ____________________ G.V. SEETHAPATHY,J Date: 1st December, 2010 pnb