IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO : 5342 of 2008 Between: Mohd. Abrar Hussain, S/o. Mohd.Sajid Hussain, R/o. Flat No.104, Jahandar Towers, Beside Kings Furniture, Mahidipatnam, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State of A.P., rep.by Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 2 Sri Anthoni KJ.Ramiraz, ILnvestigations, Consulte General of USA, 220 , Mount Road, Chennai - 600 006 .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Section ____ of Crl.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed therewith, the High Court will be pleased toto quash the investigation into Cr.No. 57 /2008 of Asif Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Mr.SANOBER ULLA KHAN, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: ORDER THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY Crl.P.No. 5342 of 2008 O r d e r: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. None appears for the second respondent. 2. The petition is disposed of with a direction that the petitioner shall not be arrested till filing of the charge sheet, if any. However, the investigation into the case and consequential steps based on the result of the investigation can go on. It is further directed that the investigating agency shall specifically consider the question with regard to the territorial jurisdiction before filing the charge sheet/final report. _______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. November 13, 2009. *BVS