HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No.13015 of 2010 O R D E R: The petitioners 1 to 6/A.2 to A.7 are accused of offences punishable under Sections 120-B, 420, 468, 471, 474, 177/109/34 IPC along with others. Originally, on the directions of the Magistrate, the 1st respondent who is Court employee verified records of all the Criminal Courts in Ongole and gave report to the effect that one Khader Basha (A.1) was indulging in fake sureties by way of signing in different fashions in different cases. During the course of investigation, the police nabbed A.2 to A.9. In pursuance of their alleged confessional statements, they were arrested. Their statements are to the effect that they were planning to get release of one Munna, who is an accused in a murder case and who is in District Jail, Ongole by playing fraud on Court and by furnishing fake sureties. No doubt, the alleged confessional statements of the accused do not constitute legal evidence. But during investigation, such statements are taken as clues or leads in the crime, so that, the Investigating Officer will collect further evidence on the basis of the leads given by the accused. At this stage, I do not find any reasons to quash this crime insofar as the petitioners are concerned for the above offences. It is a matter for investigation and the investigation cannot be interfered at this stage. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _____________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU,J Dt. 3rd November, 2011. PNV