HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No. 1068 OF 2010. DATED 11T H FEBRUARY, 2010. BETWEEN K.Nagesh …Petitioner and State of AP, through its Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP, Hyderabad, and, anr. …Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No. 1068 OF 2010. ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is ﬁled by the petitioner-Accused seeking to quash the proceedings in Cr.No.No.8 of 2010 of Dharoor Police Station, Mahaboobnagar District, registered under Section 354 and 504 IPC. Heard. The oﬀence alleged against the petitioner is under Sections 354 and 504 IPC. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is that the petitioner has attempted to outrage modesty of the defacto complainant while she was in the ﬁelds. The contention of the learned Counsel for the petitioner is that five days prior to the incident, the wife of the accused has given a complaint against the husband of the present de facto complainant for the same oﬀence and as a counter blast of the same, the present complainant is falsely given. The material in support of the same is filed. Considering the nature of allegations levelled against the petitioner and as the investigation is still in progress, it is not a ﬁt case to quash the proceedings at this stage of investigation. However, considering the circumstances of the case, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested till ﬁling of the charge sheet, if any. However, investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of investigation shall go on. The Criminal Petition is disposed of with the above direction. --------------------------------- ------------ JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY DATED 11T H FEBRUARY, 2010. Msnr.