THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2362 OF 2011 DATED 16th MARCH, 2011. BETWEEN : N.Anil Kumar & others .. Petitioners-A.1 to A.4 and 1) N.Haripriya 2) The State of A.P. ..Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2362 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the F.I.R. in crime No. 6 of 2011 of Women Police Station at Kurnool registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498A of Indian Penal Code and 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. The main ground raised by the learned counsel for the petitioners is that the present investigation officer had no jurisdiction to register the crime since the occurrence not took place within the jurisdiction of the said officer. This Court is of the view that registration of crime by any officer cannot be questioned. If the investigation officer, who had no jurisdiction, registers the crime, it is open to the investigation agency to transfer the crime to the station, which is having proper jurisdiction. With above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 16th March, 2011 sur