HON’’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY Crl.P. No.12164 OF 2010 O R D E R : This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing the F.I.R. in Crime No.469 of 2010 of III Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam District. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. Perused the records. On a complaint given by the respondents 2 to 33, who are the students of Andhra University, police registered a case in Crime No.469 of 2010 against the petitioner/A-1 and another for the offences under Sections 505 (b), 500 and 501 of IPC. As per the averments in the complaint, the petitioner-A1 was a Contractor doing various works in the University since 12 years and he was found swallowing University funds to a large scale, the contract was given to some other person and aggrieved by the same, the petitioner-A-1 started malicious campaigning against the Vice Chancellor, Registrar and other officials spreading false remarks and stories against them and published the same by way of posters distributed and affixed to the walls inside the University Campus. The learned counsel for the petitioner submit that the complainants have no locus to file the complaint for the offence under Section 500 IPC, as the aggrieved person alone can initiate such proceedings in view of Section 199 Cr.P.C. It is to be noted that complaint was registered of the offences under Section 505(b) IPC also and therefore there is no legal impediment for conducting investigation by the police. The truth or otherwise of the allegations contained in the complaint can come out only after due investigation and the same cannot be considered at this stage. Having regard to the fact that specific allegations have been made by a number of students of the University against the petitioner- A1, it is considered not a fit case to quash further investigation in Crime No.469 of 2010 at this threshold stage by invoking the inherent powers of the Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Hence, the investigation shall go on. However, the petitioner-A.1 may not be arrested till conclusion of the investigation and filing of charge sheet, if any. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed with the above direction. _____________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J 08th December, 2010 PNV