1. This Criminal Petition is filed by the Petitioners/Accused under Section 482 Cr.P.C seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C. No.2228 of 2014 on the file of the Court of I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam City.

2. The petitioner is the sole accused and the 2nd respondent is the defacto-complainant. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner before admission and before issuing notice to the 2nd respondent and the learned Public Prosecutor representing State of the case taken cognizance for the offence punishable under Section 354, 448 and 509 I.P.C that was taken cognizance by the learned Magistrate from the police final report, under Section 190 Cr.P.C since impugned. Perused the material on record.

3. The core of the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner/accused is that Section 154(1) Cr.P.C. amended with effect from 03.02.2013 by incorporating a proviso which mandates the police officer where the victim in the offences punishable under Sections 354(A) to (D) or 375 or 376 or 376 (A) to (D) or Section 326(A) and (B) or Section 509 I.P.C, if she comes to the police station to give report by oral statement, such statement shall be r