Petitioner Nos.1 to 6 are accused Nos.2 to 7 in Crime No.644 of 2008 of L.B.Nagar Police Station under Sections 323, 420 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC). They filed the instant criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C), for quashing the investigation of the crime. Petitioner No.1 is mother of Chepuri Hanumantha Rao (accused No.1), petitioner Nos.2 and 4 are sisters and petitioner Nos.3, 5 and 6 are his brothers. His first marriage ended in divorce. Later accused No.1 married the second respondent herein (hereafter called, complainant) on 02.12.2004 at Saroornagar. The couple left for London where statedly accused No.1 was working as a Software Engineer. The couple came back on 25.12.2004 and again left on 31.12.2004. Ultimately on 27.03.2008 accused No.1 and the complainant came to India and within a period of twenty days i.e., on 17.04.2008 accused No.1 filed O.P.No.244 of 2008 on the file of the Court of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy District (now renumbered as O.P.No.317 of 2008 on the file of the Court of the First Senior Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy District) for divorce. The same is pending. Three months thereafter on 02.07.2008 the complainant approached the Court of XI Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad, L.B.Nagar, alleging offences against accused Nos.1 to 7. The same was endorsed to the Police who registered the crime and took up investigation.
