IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE 1ST DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.692 of 2008 Between: P.Subbarayudu and others … Petitioners And P.Vijay and another … Respondents This Court made the following: HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.692 of 2008 ORDER: - Complaint allegations and the sworn statement of the complainant discloses cognizable offences, said to have been committed by the petitioners, for which the Judicial Magistrate of First Class has taken the complaint on file and issued summons to the petitioners. Merely because civil suits are pending between the parties, the same cannot be a ground to wipe out the criminal act, without there being any investigation and trial into the said criminal activities, said to have been committed by the petitioners, for the offences for which the complaint was taken on file. Petitioners are at liberty to cross-examine the witnesses and also move an application to discharge, if no case is made out from the evidence adduced by the complainant. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _______________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J 1st July 2010 lmv