THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY Criminal Petition No.2630 of 2010 28th December, 2011 Between :- Dr.Chitta Suresh Kumar and others .. Petitioners And The State of A.P., Rep.by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and another .. Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY Criminal Petition No.2630 of 2010 ORDER:- This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been taken out by A.1, A.4 and A.5 in Crime No.370 of 2009 of II-Town P.S., Anantapur, to quash the proceeding therein. Dr.Nirmalamma – Respondent No.2 presented a report before the S.H.O., II-Town P.S., Anantapur, alleging, inter alia, that on 10-12- 2009 at about 6.45 p.m., 10 persons including SKU Bio-Chemistry Professor – Dr.Chitta Suresh and other Teaching Assistants namely M.Sreeramulu (Law), Dr.P.Devaraj (MBA), Dr.B.Sreekanth (Zoology), Dr.Rami Reddy (Sociology) and some others forced their way into the College Campus and obstructed Sri P.L.N.Reddy and abused him. The said P.L.N.Reddy happens to be the Executive Council Member of S.K.University. The selection of the petitioners and others for teaching faculty in the College was to be ratified by the Executive Council. The grievance of the petitioners against P.L.N.Reddy is that he has not taken initiation for ratification of their appointments by the Executive Council and the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The report further reads that the petitioners herein and the other accused came to the College at about 6.45 p.m., and threatened the Correspondent with dire consequences. Basing on the said report, a case in Crime No.370 of 2009 came to be registered against the petitioners herein and others. Hence, this petition. Heard learned Counsel appearing for the parties. Learned Counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that as on this day the statement of P.L.N.Reddy has not been recorded and therefore it is not sure as to whether P.L.N.Reddy would support the version of respondent No.2 – Dr.Nirmalamma. Unless the statement of P.L.N.Reddy is recorded, the accusations levelled against the petitioners cannot be stated to be well-founded. Indisputably the statement of P.L.N.Reddy, who is the aggrieved person, has not been recorded as on this day. I am of the view that the investigation cannot be interdicted even before the statement of material witness is recorded. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is dismissed reserving liberty to the petitioners to renew their request as and when the statement of P.L.N.Reddy has been recorded. As a sequel to it, interim stay granted on 18-3-2010 is vacated. _________________________ B.Seshasayana Reddy, J 28th December, 2011 smr