THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1849 OF 2011 DATED 1st MARCH, 2011. BETWEEN : D.Sreenivasulu .. Petitioner-A.3 and The State of A.P. & another ..Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1849 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioner-A.3 approaches this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.398 of 2010 on the file of I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kadapa. Heard. Offence alleged against the petitioner is punishable under Sections 498A read with 34 of Indian Penal Code and 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. The main contention raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner herein is not the relative of the husband of the de facto complainant. As such, he cannot be prosecuted for the alleged offences. This Court perused the entire material on record. A reading of the complaint clearly reveals that the petitioner is the friend of the husband of the de facto complainant and he is not a relative. As such, there cannot be any prosecution against him for the offence under Sections 498A IPC and 3 and 4 of D.P. Act. Hence, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the further proceedings in C.C.No.398 of 2010 on the file of I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kadapa, are hereby quashed only against the petitioner-A.3. Further, the learned trial Judge is at liberty to proceed with the case against the other accused. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 1st March, 2011 sur