proceedings in C.C.No.19511/2016 on the file of the I Addl. CMM, Bangalore, for the offences punishable under Sections 419, 386, 506, 201, 511 r/w Section 34 of IPC and Section 66D of Information Technology Act (I.T. Act). In the investigation held by the police, they were able to trace and track the telephone number and found that the accused persons were making threatening calls on the telephone to the petitioner herein. Therefore, this Court declined to quash the proceedings. The submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that under similar circumstances the contention of the accused persons that a civil dispute is going on between the parties and the petitioner could get the grievances redressed in the civil litigation, was not accepted by this Court and therefore the petitioner should not be driven to the Civil Court to redress the grievance cannot be accepted. That was a case where the allegations was of a serious nature where anonymous calls of threat were given to the petitioner stating that she would meet dire consequences. Obviously, during the investigation when it was found that the accused persons had made the threatening calls, the police have rightly taken action. Whereas in the present case, as noticed earlier, the allegation is that the accused persons have