THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8816 of 2009 Dated : 28.10.2009 Between : Smt.Pasupuleti Usha Rani ….. Petitioners/A.1 a n d The State of A.P. & another ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8816 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioner/A.1 seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.202 of 2009 of Ibrahimpatnam Police Station registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 468, 467, 471, 506 and 120B of Indian Penal Code. 2) Brief facts of the case are that the defacto complainant has purchased the land in question from N.Ramakrishna Reddy and 7 others represented by their GPA Holder Sri R.V.Rukhma Reddy under registered sale deed in the year 1989 and since then he has been in enjoyment and occupation of the same and that the petitioner along with A.2 and A.3 has created a forged document by impersonation and alienated the above said land in favour of one S.Ramulamma. It is further alleged that the photograph of Pattabhi Ramulu affixed on the forged sale deed does not belong to the defacto complainant herein. 3) It is the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was not knowing said Pattabhi Ramulu and there is no material available on record to show that the defacto complainant is the owner of the property. 4) The participation of the petitioner and other accused can only be decided after completion of investigation only and prima facie it cannot be said that no case is made out against the petitioners. Hence, the request of the petitioner for quashing the proceedings cannot be considered at this stage. 5) However, in the circumstances of the case, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. The investigation and consequential steps on the basis of the investigation shall go on and in case charge sheet is filed, the petitioners are at liberty to challenge the same. It is further directed that the investigating agency shall probe in detail into the case with regard to the ownership of the property and also with regard to the person whose photograph is affixed on the alleged forged sale deed. 6) Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed of. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 28th October, 2009 sur