HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY Criminal Petition No.5592 of 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing further proceedings in Cr.No.3 of 2010 of Madanapalle Taluq PS, Chittoor district. 2. Heard both sides. 3. On a complaint given by the 2nd respondent, police registered the above case against the petitioners for the offence under Section 420 IPC. The 2nd respondent is the Divisional Panchayat Officer, Madanapalle. In the complaint, it is stated that Plot Nos.19 to 25 and 2 wells in Sy.Nos.88, 89 and 91 of Kondamarri Palli grama panchayat, were gifted by A.1’s father Venkatramaiah Chetty, in favour of the Panchayat under a registered gift deed dated 15.01.1975 for public purpose. But however the first petitioner-A.1 and his wife-A.2 while disposing of the plots belonging to them in the rest of the land, have sold away the plot Nos.19 to 25 also and the area occupied by the two wells ignoring gift deed executed by A.1’s father on 15.01.1975 in favour of the grama panchayat. 4. Investigation is stated to be pending. The question as to whether or not the petitioners-A.1 and A.2 have sold away the plots Nos.19 to 25 also in spite of gift deed executed by A.1’s father earlier in favour of the panchayat, is a matter to be ascertained by investigation. In the circumstances, having regard to the nature of the allegations made in the complaint, it is not a fit case to invoke the inherent powers of the Court under section 482 Cr.P.C. and quash further proceedings against the petitioners in FIR No.3 of 2010 of Madanapalle Taluq PS. However, the petitioners may not be arrested till completion of the investigation. 5. In the result, subject to the above direction, the criminal petition is dismissed. __________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J Date: 20.10.2011 bss