THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.5207 of 2011 Date: 29.06.2011 Between: Garikapati Masthan Singh and others. …Petitioners. And The State, Station House Officer, Chilakaluripet Town P.S., Chilakaluripet, Gutnur District rep.by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad and another. ….Respondents. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.5207 of 2011 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and also the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. A perusal of the allegations in the First Information Report, which is registered for the offences punishable under Sections 506, 420 read with Section 34 of IPC., would show that there are allegations showing the offences of cheating and criminal intimidation. The learned counsel for the petitioners points out that pursuant to the sale agreement, the defacto- complainant issued a notice to the petitioners 1 to 3 calling upon them to refund the advance amount paid and soon thereafter, they have issued a reply notice stating that they are ready to execute the sale deed, but the defcto-complaint says that they have no title to the property and this is a fraudulent transaction. Their further plea is that instead of taking recourse to a suit, the defacto- complainant has chosen to file the criminal complaint. The allegations in the complaint do disclose the offences. Hence this is not a fit case for quashing the First Information Report and I am of the opinion that the investigation should go on. However, having regard to the arrest of the petitioners, it is seen that petitioners 3 & 4 are the ladies and the 5th petitioner is said to have nothing to do with the transactions. In the above circumstances, the Police shall take a decision about the arrest of the petitioners 3, 4 and 5, after completion of investigation, but this relief is refused to the petitioners 1 & 2. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. __________________________ JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR Date: 29.06.2011. mrb