HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.4680 of 2​008 ORDER:- Though the matter is listed today under the caption ‘for orders’, there is no representation on behalf of the petitioner. Heard the learned Public Prosecutor. 2. This petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C) for quashing the FIR against the petitioner in Crime No.1 of 2008 of Karimnagar Rural Police Station, Karimnagar District. The offences alleged are those punishable under Sections 120-B, 121, 121-A, 122, 153(9), 302, 307, 436, 427 of IPC, Sections 3 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act and Sections 25, 27 and 35 of the Indian Arms Act. It is also seen that offences under Sections 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 read with Section 25 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 2004 are also mentioned. 3. The main plea of the petitioner is that the above FIR against him has been registered on his own confession statement said to have been made to the police and since that confession is hit by Section 25 of the Indian Evidence Act and as there is no other material for registration of the FIR, the same should be quashed. This is the only ground raised in the petition apart from other allegation of false implication. 4. The learned Public Prosecutor pointed that an FIR is not be all and end all and that the police may ultimately after completion of investigation close the case or file a charge sheet basing upon the material gathered by them during the course of investigation. I find sufficient force in this contention of the learned Public Prosecutor. It is also well settled that an FIR is not be all and end all and that police, in the course of investigation, may gather material which shows the complicity of the petitioner in the above case. Hence, the plea raised by the petitioner and which is already mentioned supra cannot by itself be a ground to quash the FIR. 5. One question however is whether in the absence of the learned counsel for the petitioner or the petitioner himself whether this Court can dispose of the matter on merits. It may be noted that under Section 482 Cr.P.C the powers of this Court are saved to make such orders as may be necessary to give effect to any order under this Code to prevent the abuse of process of any Court or otherwise to secure the ends of justice. It is well settled that this power has to be exercised by looking into an order or any case which is registered and then decide about its validity or otherwise. In this connection a perusal of Section 386 Cr.P.C which deals with the powers of the appellate Court would show that in an appeal either from conviction or acquittal the Court can dispose of the matter on merits even in the absence of the appellant or his counsel. The same principle in my opinion can be applied even to a criminal petition in which this Court in exercise of its inherent powers is called upon to examine the matter and pass orders as may be necessary to give effect to any order under this Code or to prevent abuse of process of any Court or otherwise to secure the ends of justice. 6. In the present case the petitioner is questioning the very FIR itself when the matter is pending at the stage of investigation. As already mentioned supra if the police undertake investigation and complete it they may come to one conclusion or the other about the guilt or innocence of the petitioner and they may act accordingly on the basis of the material gathered by them in the course of investigation. In these circumstances I am of the opinion that it is not a fit case for interfering in the matter. 7. The Criminal Petition is accordingly dismissed. ______________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR, J 8th April 2011 CVRK