HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10709 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner-Accused approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No. 731 of 2011 of P.S. Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, pending before the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Nampally, Hyderabad. Heard. The petitioner-Accused has challenged the above First Information Report on the ground that earlier the 2nd respondent lodged a complaint against him and basing on the said complaint a case under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act was regisdtered and charge sheet was also filed and that after a lapse of six years, the present complaint is filed under Section 494 IPC alleging that the petitioner-accused had married another lady during the subsistence of the marriage of the 2nd respondent-Complainant with the petitioner herein. The learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that before the police the 2nd respondent also stated bout the 2nd marriage of the petitioner, but, the police have not filed any charge sheet for the offence under Section 494 of IPC. Hence, the present F.I.R. is liable to be quashed. Perused the earlier complaint and also the present complaint. In the present complaint, the 2nd respondent stated regarding registration of earlier crime against the petitioner herein. Since the police have not registered a case for bigamy, she lodged the present private complaint. The same is forwarded under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. for investigation before the same Police Station, who investigated the earlier crime. Considering all the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the proceedings pending before the trial Court, but at the same time, since already a charge sheet was filed against the petitioner for the offence under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act and the allegations in the present complaint is an offence u/s.494 IPC, the police are directed to complete the investigation of the case and file the final report either way without arresting the petitioner. After filing such charge sheet, the learned trial Court is directed to conduct a joint trial and dispose of both the matters jointly. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous Petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. _____________ RAJA ELANGO, J 4.11.2011 CHV