THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 199 of 2010 ORDER: The present Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to quash the proceedings in Crime No.234 of 2009 on the file of the Police Station, Nuzvid Town, Krishna District, which was registered for the offences under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. According to the case of the prosecution, the wife of the petitioner herein gave a complaint about the repeated harassment and complaints given by her and the settlement effected by the elders and also the attitude of the petitioner after the settlement. The allegations in the complaint clearly go to show that after the compromise also the petitioner/accused came to her house, took away her luggage (saman) and put her to harassment. These are prima facie allegations and merely because at the earlier point of time the matter has been compromised, it does not mean that the subsequent harassment cannot be taken into consideration. So also the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that Nuzvid Police have no jurisdiction can also be considered by the Investigating Officer and if it has no jurisdiction, he can transfer the same to the concerned police, who have got jurisdiction. Therefore, at this stage, it is not a case for quashing of the proceedings and there are no merits for the same. However, the arrest of the petitioner is stayed till completion of the investigation. With the above observation, the petition is disposed of. ________________________ N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO, J Date: 13-10-2011 MR THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 199 of 2010 DATE: 13-10-2011 MR