IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8701 OF 2009 Between: 1. Kannikanti Venkateswarrao 2. Kannikanti Sivajikrishna 3. Kannikanti Durga Prasad 4. Kannikanti Seetharamakrishna ……Petitioners – accused Nos.1 to 4 AND Kannekanti Sobhanadri & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8701 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners Kannikanti Venkateswarrao, Kannikanti Sivajikrishna, Kannikanti Durga Prasad and Kannikanti Seetharamakrishna – accused Nos.1 to 4 respectively seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.142 of 2009 of Hanuman Junction Police Station, Krishna District registered for the offences punishable under Sections 379, 447, 307, 427, 120-B, 506 and 34 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. In view of the nature of relationship between the parties, nature of complaint and as the dispute is predominantly civil in nature, it is directed that investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of the investigation shall go on, but the petitioners shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. 4. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission itself. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J October 29, 2009. PV