IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU CRIMINAL PETITION No.8174 OF 2009 Between: M. Amruthabai & 3 others ..... Petitioners AND 1. The Sate of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 2. Smt. M. Sangitha ..... Respondents The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, is filed by the petitioners to quash the FIR.No.841 of 2009, of L.B.Nagar (Law & Order) Police Station, Ranga Reddy District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 324 read with 34 IPC. 2. It is alleged that the present petitioners herein manhandled Respondent No.2/De facto complainant, beat her and stabbed on her left hand and therefore, she lodged a complaint to the Police and the Police registered a case and issued FIR.No.841 of 2009, dated 18.07.2009, for the offences punishable under Sections 324 read with 34 IPC. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners herein contended that there are civil disputes between Respondent No.2/De facto complainant and petitioners for not giving a share to her in the property of the petitioners herein as per her wishes; that due to civil disputes, a false case is foisted against the petitioners herein; and that therefore, he prays to quash the impugned FIR. 4. There cannot be any dispute that inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, can be exercised by this Court when there is an abuse of process of Court, or to secure the ends of justice, or to give effect to the order of this Court. It is equally well settled that if the allegations in the complaint do not make out a prima facie case for the offences punishable under Sections 324 read with 34 IPC, then only the question of quashing the FIR would arise. 5. The allegation is that all the petitioners herein manhandled Respondent No.2/De facto complainant and one of the petitioners herein stabbed Respondent No.2/De facto complainant on her left hand with a knife. Whether Respondent No.2/De facto complainant got self-inflicted minor injuries on the left hand, or whether it is a case of civil nature or not, are the questions which are required to be decided during the course of investigation. Therefore, there are no grounds to quash the same. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ______________ (K.C.BHANU, J) Dated: 7th October, 2009. KL