IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1362 OF 2010 Between: R.S. Shyam Kumar & 3 others ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.1 to 4 AND The State of A.P., Through the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1362 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners R.S. Shyam Kumar, K. Prasad Reddy, M.A. Mubeen and Meherunnisa Begum, accused Nos.1 to 4 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.364 of 2009 of Osmania University Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 420, 464, 466, 467, 468 & 471 read with 120- B IPC. 2. Heard. 3. The allegations against petitioner Nos.1 to 3 are that they entered into a development agreement with the de facto complainant K. Gopal Reddy, respondent No.2 herein, suppressing the fact of the property in dispute being mortgaged to the bank and obtaining loan. The allegation against petitioner No.4 is of transferring the property in favour of her son in certain circumstances, whereby also the de facto complainant was cheated. 4. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioners is that the de facto complainant was aware of the property being mortgaged to the bank, but no such material is available on record. 5. As far as petitioner No.4 is concerned, who is not a party to the development agreement, the case against her may not be similar to petitioner Nos.1 to 3. Considering this fact and the fact that petitioner No.4 is a woman, relief can be granted to her alone. So far as petitioner Nos.1 to 3 are concerned, no relief can be granted to them. 6. In the circumstances, the Criminal Petition is disposed of in respect of petitioner No.4 – accused No.4 alone directing the investigating authority to investigate and take consequential steps on the basis of result of the investigation, but not to arrest petitioner No.4 alone till filing of charge sheet, if any. So far as petitioner Nos.1 to 3 are concerned, the criminal petition is dismissed against them. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J February 22, 2010. PV