HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Criminal Petition No.4232 of 2008 Date: 19-10-2011 Between M/s. Gammon India Limited, Gammon House, Veer Savarkar Marg, P.O.Box No.9129, Prabha Devi, Mumbai, Rep. by its Executive Director R.A.Bansali and 2 others … Petitioners/Accused 1, 2 and 5 and Geetha Bore Wells, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Proprietor V.Padma Reddy … Respondent/De facto complainant State of A.P., Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court, Hyderabad … Respondent HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Criminal Petition No.4232 of 2008 Order: The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the investigation into F.I.R. No.462 of 2008, dated 26-5-2008, on the file of the Station House Officer, L.B. Nagar Police Station, Cyberabad, Hyderabad. 2. Briefly, the facts of the case are that a private complaint was filed against the petitioners and 3 others for the offences punishable under Sections 347, 403, 406, 408, 418, 420, 426, 427 and 500 of I.P.C by the 1st respondent-de facto complainant on the file of the II Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad. The Magistrate referred the complaint to the Police for investigation under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. The Sub Inspector of Police, L.B. Nagar Police Station, issued a notice under Sections 91 and 160 Cr.P.C., requiring the petitioners and others to appear before him to explain the matter in the aforesaid case. The petitioners appeared before the Police and submitted a detailed explanation along with supporting documents, denying the allegations in the complaint. 3. The Police, after conducting a thorough investigation into the matter, have submitted a report on 28-8-2008 before the Magistrate, wherein it was opined that the entire case is civil in nature and no criminal case is made out against the petitioners. The learned counsel for the parties state that the said report is still pending before the Magistrate and no final decision has been taken on the same because there was an interim order of stay of arrest of the petitioners passed by this Court. 4. In view of the fact that the Police have submitted the final report before the Magistrate, wherein the complaint lodged by the 1st respondent-de facto complainant has been stated to be civil in nature, this criminal petition is disposed of, with a direction that the Magistrate shall take a final decision on the final report submitted by the Police expeditiously. 5. In case the Magistrate does not accept the Police report, then it would be open to the petitioners to take appropriate legal proceedings in the matter. __________________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J. 19th October, 2011. Ak HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Criminal Petition No.4232 of 2008 19th October, 2011. (Ak)