THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12360 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is ﬁled by the petitioner- accused seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No. 137 of 2011 on the ﬁle of the Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Tuni. Heard. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is that he requested the 2nd respondent – de facto complainant to attend his ailing wife and during that period, he made her to believe that after the death of his wife, he would marry her. Subsequently, though the health of his wife improved, the petitioner married the 2nd respondent treating her as his second wife. Thereafter, he started harassing the 2 nd respondent, denying their relationship. Based on the complaint given by the 2nd respondent, a case in Crime No. 26 of 2008 has been registered on the ﬁle of Tuni Rural Police Station, for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 420 I.P.C. Admittedly, the petitioner herein is a Pastor professing Christianity. The allegations levelled against him prima facie are grave in nature. This Court while exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C. cannot go into the truth or otherwise of the allegations levelled against the petitioner. It is a matter to be tried before the Court concerned. Therefore, I do not ﬁnd any grounds to quash the proceedings in C.C.No. 137 of 2008 on the ﬁle of the Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Tuni. This Criminal Petition is accordingly, dismissed. ---------------------------------- JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 01st December 2011 ksld