?BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT %DATED: 02.11.2018 *CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH +Crl.O.P.(MD).No.19744 of 2018 #1.G.Ramasamy 2.R.Thavamani 3.G.R.Gopal 4.G.R.Sudhanthiram 5.R.Chandra 6.R.Saraswathi 7.Ravichandran : Petitioners Vs. $State rep by 1.The Superintendent of Police, Theni District, Theni. 2.The Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, Theni District, Theni. 3.V.Jeyaprakash : Respondents PRAYER:Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., to direct the 2nd respondent and his officials not to harass the petitioners and their family members unneccessarily against law under the guise of enquiry. !For Petitioners : Mr.R.Shankar Ganesh ^For R1 and R2 : Mr.M.Chandra Sekaran Additional Public Prosecutor :ORDER This petition has been filed to direct the second respondent and his officials not to harass the petitioners and their family members. 2.Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the official respondents. 3.When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the petitioners are the accused in Crime No.8 of 2018 and investigation is pending before the second respondent. 4.Under such circumstances, once the regular FIR has been registered, the question of ?Not to harass? will not arise. Any direction issued by this Court at this stage will amount to interfering with the investigation conducted by the respondent police. 5.Hence, this criminal original petition is dismissed. To 1.The Superintendent of Police, Theni District, Theni. 2.The Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, Theni District, Theni. 3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.