IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8587 OF 2009 Between: 1. Bandi Eswarappa 2. Bandi Kasamma ……Petitioners – accused Nos.1 & 2 AND The State of A.P., through Station House Officer Anantapur Rural Police Station Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad .....Respondent HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8587 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners Bandi Eswarappa and Bandi Kasamma – accused Nos.1 and 2 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.119 of 2009 of Anantapur Rural Police Station, Anantapur registered for the offences punishable under Sections 417, 419, 468, 471 and 34 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. The allegations against the petitioners is of being conspirators to a transaction of purchase of a plot from a dead person through a General Power of Attorney – cum – Agreement of Sale holder viz. Venkat Reddy. 4. The contention of the petitioners is that they were not at all aware about the document i.e. General Power of Attorney – cum – Agreement of Sale, which is not a genuine one, and its coming into existence after the death of the alleged executor, as alleged by the prosecution. 5. There is possibility of truth being there in the contention of the petitioners as they might have seen the document and title of the property and they might not have enquired into the truthfulness of the document. 6. In the circumstances, it is directed that investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of the investigation shall go on but the petitioners shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. 7. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission itself. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J October 26, 2009. PV