THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7001 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in F.I.R. No.392 of 2011 of Saroornagar Police Station, for the offence punishable under Section 324 IPC. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted the following facts for consideration of this Court: 1. The complaint lodged by the defacto-complainant is with a malafide intention and motivated one. 2. There is no allegation to attract the offence under Section 324 IPC as far as the petitioners 1 to 3/A.1 to A.3 is concerned. The learned counsel further submitted that due to civil disputes in order to pressurize the petitioners, the defacto-complainant has lodged a false complaint before the Saroornagar Police. Hence, this Court heard the learned counsel in length. Perused the material available on record. The complaint lodged by the defacto-complainant reads as follows: “On 24.7.2010 at 7.00 hours, the accused persons by name N. Anjanamma and her husband Badra Reddy and her son Jaipal Reddy came to the complainant house and abused to the complainant in filthy language. And Badra Reddy beat the complainant with stone as a result the complainant received bleeding injuries to head due to land disputes between both of their families in their own village Manchal of R.R. District.” In so far as the petitioners 1 and 3/A.1 and A.3 are concerned that they entered into the house of the defacto-complainant and abused him and also assaulted him with hands and petitioner No.2/A.2 is concerned, he has hit the defacto-complainant with a stone and caused bleeding injuries. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the allegations made in the complaint are not attracted the offence under Section 324 IPC as against the petitioners 1 and 3/A.1 and A.3, but attracted only against the petitioner No.2/A.2. Hence, this Court is of the view that this can be decided by the investigating agency and if the investigating officer felt that the injuries caused by the petitioner No.2/A.2 is due to common intention of the petitioners/A.1 to A.3, they are liable for prosecution under Section 324 read with Section 34 IPC. Further, causing of injuries with hands on the defacto-complainant would attract the offence under Section 323 IPC. So far as the specific motive and malafide intentions are concerned, it is a matter to be investigated by the investigating agency, and filing of the civil suits are concerned, the petitioners are at liberty to inform the same to the investigating officer at the time of investigation. Hence, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation at this stage. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO,J Date:16.08.2011. Gk. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7001 of 2011 Date: 16.08.2011 Gk.