THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.3281 and 3769 of 2009 COMMON ORDER: Since the prayer sought for in both these petitions is one and the same, both these petitions are being disposed of by this common order. Petitioners approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.170 of 2009 of P.S. Malakpet, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC. With regards the Criminal Petition No.3281 of 2009 is concerned, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the contents of the complaint does not disclose any allegations against the 2nd petitioner/Accused No.2. Insofar as Criminal Petition No.3769 of 2009 is concerned, the allegation against the petitioner is that she is having illicit intimacy with the husband of the defacto-complainant and the main contention raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner is in no way concerned with the family affairs of the defacto-complainant and that she is not the relative of the husband of the defacto- complainant. Perused the entire records. As stated by the learned counsel, the petitioner/Accused No.3 in Criminal Petition No.3769 of 2009 being not related to the husband of the defacto-complainant cannot be arrayed as an accused for the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC. Hence, the proceedings initiated against the petitioner/Accused No.3 are liable to be quashed. Further, since the complaint does not disclose any allegations, particularly, the allegations of the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC against the 2nd petitioner/Accused No.2 in Criminal Petition No.3281 of 2009, the proceedings initiated against the 2nd petitioner/Accused No.2 are liable to be quashed. Accordingly, Criminal Petition No.3281 of 2009 is partly allowed quashing the proceedings initiated against the 2nd petitioner/Accused No.2 in Crime No.170 of 2009 of P.S. Malakpet, Hyderabad, and leaving it open to the Investigating Officer to proceed with the investigation against the 1st petitioner/Accused No.1 and file final report either way after completing the investigation, and Criminal Petition No.3769 of 2009 is allowed quashing the proceedings initiated against the petitioner/Accused No.3 in Crime No.170 of 2009 of P.S. Malakpet, Hyderabad. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 06.04.2011 v v