HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.3790 of 2011 Dated 30.4.2011 Between: B. Sudhakar Raju. …Petitioner. And: B.Chandra Sekhar Reddy and another. …Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.3790 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed for quashing the FIR in Crime No.122 of 2011 of Petbasheerabad Police Station, Cyberabad. Offences alleged are those punishable under Sections 420, 406 and 120-B IPC. 2. Heard Sri P.Nagendra Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor. 3. Perused the allegations in the FIR. They disclose the offences mentioned in it. Hence the matter has to be investigated and this is not a fit case for quashing the FIR. It is, however, represented that a dispute arose with regard to two cheques issued in favour of the de facto complainant and that the de facto complainant instead of filing a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act has filed the present complaint for the aforesaid offences. The petitioner also took a plea that even the cheques in question were blank and the de facto complainant stealthily took them away. Additionally the petitioner also pleaded that he paid a substantial amount back to the de facto complainant and promised to sell the agricultural land of Ac.0- 20 gts and a plot of 300 yards by executing an agreement and that the remedy of the de facto complainant was to file a specific performance suit. He pleaded that the dispute is of a civil nature and the de facto complainant filed the above criminal complaint only to harass him. 4. In the circumstances having regard to the plea of the petitioner and also having regard to the allegations in the FIR, it follows that police can go ahead with investigation. However in the circumstances the police may not go for arrest of the petitioner till the completion of investigation and filing of charge sheet if any. 5. Accordingly this Criminal Petition is disposed of. ____________________________ Justice N.RAVI SHANKAR Dated 30.4.2011. Note: Issue CC in two days. BO Dvs HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.3790 of 2011 Dated 30.4.2011