THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 13690 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioners/Accused Nos. 2 to 8 approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No. 307 of 2010-11 on the ﬁle of Prohibition & Excise Police Station, Medchal, Ranga Reddy District, registered for the oﬀence punishable under Section 37(a) of A.P. Excise Act, 1968 and Sections 8(c) and 20(b)(i) of NDPS Act. Heard. A perusal of the record shows that based on the confession statement of Accused No.1, the petitioners were included as accused in this case. Accused No.1 has produced the lease agreement entered by him with the rest of the accused. Admittedly, the case is pending for last one year. Therefore, considering the above facts and circumstances, the respondent police are directed to conduct the investigation and complete the same, without making arrest of the petitioners herein and ﬁle a final report either way. The Criminal Petition is accordingly disposed of. -------------------------------- JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 24th November 2011 ksld