IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.366 OF 2010 Between: 1. Sadika Begum 2. Ashrafunnisa 3. Shabeera Begum ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.2 to 4 AND The State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.366 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners Sadika Begum, Ashrafunnissa & Shabeera Begum, accused Nos.2 to 4 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.276 of 2009 of Matwada Police Station, Warangal District, registered for the offences under Sections 447, 457, 323 & 506 IPC and 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 2. Heard. 3. The averments of the petition are that accused No.1 is the husband of the de facto complainant, who is the 2nd respondent herein, and their marriage was inter-religious. The petitioners are said to be sisters of accused No.1. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that it is only on account of a domestic quarrel, a complaint is lodged against the petitioners and no serious accusations are made against them and the complaint lodged against them is false. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, where it is more a family dispute, it is directed that investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of the investigation shall go on, but the petitioners shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any, which they can challenge. 6. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J January 21, 2010. NOTE: Dispatch the order within two (2) days. (B/O) PV