HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1367 OF 2009 Dated : 12.08.2010 Between : Dr.P.B.Arnold & others … Petitioners-A.1 to A.3 A n d The State of A.P. & others … Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1367 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioners-A.1 to A.3 seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.15 of 2009 of Mahaboob Nagar II Town Police Station registered for the offence punishable under Sections 120B, 420, 406 and 506 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code. As per the contents of the complaint, A.1 to A.3 are President, Vice-President and General Director of Mennonite Brethren Property Association of India Pvt. Ltd. respectively, in which the complainants are members and beneficiaries. The allegations against the petitioners and other accused are of indulging in large scale illegal selling of properties belonging to the above said Trust-Society without obtaining permissions or any resolution from the Association or the Governing Council of the Trust. It is also alleged that accused by mortgaging the Trust properties have availed credit facility of Rs.76 crores in the name of A.1 and A.2. A.1 to A.4 are the Trust people, A.5 is the then Mandal Revenue Officer, A.6 is the then Revenue Divisional Officer and A.7 is the then Senior Manager, Punjab National Bank, Mid Corporate Branch, Banjarahills, Hyderabad. Thus, the complainants alleges conspiracy among all the accused. Heard. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the complainants are the members of the Society and if any misappropriation is committed by the accused, the same should be brought to the notice of the Registrar of Society. He further contended that the allegations in the complaint that some of the properties were disposed of by the petitioners illegally are untrue but the same were disposed of after passing due resolution by the Society. This Court is of the view that the grounds raised by the petitioners in support of their case cannot be looked into by this Court by invoking the provisions of Section 482 Cr.P.C., but at the same time, it is necessary to give certain directions to the investigating officer for considering the material to be placed by the petitioners. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is disposed of directing the Investigating Officer to receive the documents to be produced by the petitioners and also to consider the contentions of the petitioners in proper perspective and file the final report. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 12.08.2010 sur