THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.5514 of 2010 ORDER: Petitioner herein is fourth accused in Crime No.37/2010 of P.S. Central Crime Station-III, Hyderabad. He filed this petition for quashing the said case against him. It is at the stage of FIR. The offences alleged are those punishable under Sections 420 and 506 IPC. 2. The substance of the accusation is that the first accused company and the second, third and fourth accused who are individuals are said to have committed the offence of cheating by collecting huge amounts from the de facto complainant and others on a promise of providing them good returns but ultimately failed in their promise. 3. The main contention of the petitioner is that he is not in any way connected with the first accused company or any of the other accused and he has been falsely implicated. In the FIR which is a court referred complaint the petitioner Nurul (Mohd.) Hussain is shown as one of the directors of the first accused company. The petitioner’s counsel says that the petitioner also filed Form-32 containing a list of directors of the first accused company and his name does not find place in it and therefore he cannot be said to have any dealings with the first accused company and consequently the case against him should be quashed. I am however unable to agree with this contention. 4. As already mentioned, the petitioner is shown as one of the directors of first accused company and the allegations in the complaint show that the de facto complainant and others were cheated by the first accused company and as well as its directors. In the circumstances as the matter is at the stage of investigation there is no ground to interfere and quash the proceedings. It shall however be open for the petitioner to make his plea including filing of the Form-32 containing the list of directors which he has filed in this court before the investigating officer and he may take a decision about the complicity of the petitioner while investigating the mater. 5. This petition is accordingly disposed of in the above terms. ______________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR, J 9th November, 2011 CVRK