HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No: 3924 OF 2008 Dated 17-6-2010 Between: T.Narsing Rao and another. …Petitioners. And: The State of A.P. represented by the SHO, P.S.Kukatpally, Hyderabad through Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., and another. …Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No: 3924 OF 2008 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.157 of 2008 of Kukatpally Police station, Hyderabad, registered for the offence under Sections 427, 447 IPC and 3 and 4 of Land Grabbing Act. It is alleged that on 11-2-2008, the petitioners and others encroached the land belonging to the Government and made illegal construction therein. In this connection, on the basis of the report of the 2nd respondent-Deputy Collector and Tahsildar, Balanagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Police registered the above crime. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor. It is contended by the learned counsel for the petitioners that since the petitioners have already obtained patta in respect of the land in question, the proceedings in the above crime are liable to be quashed. On a perusal of the record and after hearing the parties, this Court is of the view that the petitioners have every right to produce the documents which are in their favour to substantiate their claim that they are the owners of the property and hence, it is not the stage to quash the proceedings in the above crime. In any event, the 1st respondent-Station House Officer, Kukatpally Police Station is hereby directed to collect all the documents produced by the petitioners in support of their claim and verify the same and file report either way in accordance with law. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. __________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated 17-06-2010. Dvs HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No: 3924 OF 2008 Dated 17-06-2010