IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE NINTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9706 OF 2009 Between: 1. Sriram Badri Narayana 2. Mallela Gandhi ……Petitioners AND State of A.P., through SDPO, Nandigama, Krishna District, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9706 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners Sriram Badri Narayana and Mallela Gandhi seeking to quash the notice under Section 160 Cr.P.C. dated 07-11-2009 issued against them in Crime No.213 of 2009 of Penugranchiprolu Police Station, Krishna District registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 302 and 120(b) read with 149 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. The impugned notice under Section 160 Cr.P.C., which is contemplated against the witnesses only, states that the petitioners have to be examined with regard to their involvement in the case, as such, the petitioners apprehend their arrest. 4. In the circumstances, it is directed that the proceedings in pursuance of the impugned notice shall be confined only to the extent of examining the petitioners as witnesses and not beyond that. 5. It is made clear that in case there is any material against the petitioners with regard to their involvement, appropriate action can be taken against them, but the provision of Section 160 Cr.P.C. cannot be used for that purpose. 6. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J November 19, 2009. PV