THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4280 of 2010 ORDER: Petitioner approaches this Court by way of invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash the proceedings against him in Crime.No.118 of 2009 of Talakonda Pally Police Station, Mahabubnagar District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 323 and 504 IPC and 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The present petition was filed on 10.05.2010. It is posted today for hearing. The petitioner’s counsel as well as the respondents counsel are not in a position to inform whether the petitioner is arrested or not. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and also taking into consideration the lapse of one year, if the petitioner is not arrested by the police so far, the respondent-police are directed to complete the investigation without making arrest of the petitioner and file final report either way. With the above observation, the criminal petition is disposed of. The miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. ______________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 13th October 2011, Rns.