IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO : 1556 of 2010 Between: R.Venkateshwarlu, S/o Lingaiah, C/o Prakash Singh, Darbar Mohalla, Bedia Gram, Khargone District, Madhya Pradesh. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., at Hyderabad. 2 Gottipati Venu gopal, S/o Kondaiah, R/o H.No. 25-2-243, New Military Colony, A.K.Nagar, Nellore Mandal & District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Section ____ of Crl.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed therewith, the High Court will be pleased to quash the proceedings in FIR No.220 of 2009 on the file of the V Town PS., (L&O) Nellore District. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Mr. SUBASH, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: PSR, J. Crl.P.No. 1556 of 2010 O r d e r: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is on bail. As such there is no necessity of granting any interim order infavour of the petitioner. It is the contention of the learned counsel that the case is registered on a false complaint. In the circumstances of the case it cannot be said that there is no prima facie case. It is for the investigation agency to investigate into the matter and take appropriate action. In such view of the matter, the petition is dismissed. 3. However, it is directed that the petitioner is at liberty to challenge the charge sheet, if any, filed. _______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. Dated:24—02—2010 *BVS