IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO : 8504 of 2009 Between: I.Ramana Reddy, (A1) S/o Late Devender Reddy, R/o Plot No.1352, Road No.68, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 I.Rajender Kumar, S/o I.Aga Reddy, R/o Flat No.805, Tower-I, Block-2, Sindu Amezeon, Belandur, Bangalore - 560 103. 2 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Section ____ of Crl.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed therewith, the High Court will be pleased toto quash the proceedings in Cr.No.385/2008 on the file of the Jubilee Hills P.S., Hyderabad. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Mr.PRAVEEN KUMAR, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: ORDER PSR, J. Crl.P.No. 8504 of 2009 O r d e r: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 2. Considering the circumstances, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested till filing of the charge sheet if any. However, the investigation into the case and consequential proceedings based on the result of the investigation shall go on. Further, investigating agency is directed to complete the investigation, as expeditiously as possible, in any event, not later than eight weeks from today. 4. Accordingly, the petition is disposed of. _______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. December 29, 2009. *BVS