IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 19158 of 2005 Between: Bantu Maruthi Karan, and 4 others ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. Station House Officer, I Town Police Station, Nizamabad. 3. B. Satyajit Reddy, S/o. Hanmanth Reddy, R/o. H.No. 7-5-464. Kumargalli, Nizamabad. .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: ORDER: For quashing the F.I.R. in Crime No.82 of 2005 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 463, 465, 467, 468, 418, 420, 423 I.P.C. on the file of I Town Police Station, Nizamabad, the present writ petition has been filed by the petitioners. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Home. There cannot be any dispute that an alternative remedy is available to the petitioners to quash the F.I.R in question, if it does not discloses any prima facie offence under which it was registered. Therefore, without going into the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to direct the petitioners to avail the alternative remedy available under law to quash the F.I.R. in question. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _______________ (K.C. BHANU, J) Date: 31.08.2005 Note: Issue C.C. tomorrow B.O. Ksn