HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8460 OF 2010 Dated : 27.08.2010 Between : Mohd.Mehraj … Petitioner A n d Asif Yousuf & another … Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8460 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioner-accused seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.134 of 2010 of Charminar Police Station registered for the offence punishable under Section 307 of Indian Penal Code. Heard. The complainant lodged a complaint before the Police stating that on 26.05.2010 at about 1935 hours while he was standing on the road and talking with one Mastan at Osmania Bazar one person came to him armed with knife and stabbed him on his right side of the body and fled away. Immediately, he went to hospital and got admitted. He further stated that one Mehraj was torturing him since three days prior to the incident to repay the loan amount taken by him from said Mehraj or else to kill him. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the complainant has not given the specific name of the petitioner, but only stated that the petitioner was torturing him to repay the amount. He further submitted that in order to avoid repayment of loan, the present complaint is filed. Hence, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner. Complaint will be lodged to set the law in motion. In his complaint, the complainant specifically stated that the petitioner was torturing him for repayment of loan. In these circumstances, this Court is of the view that it is for the investigating officer to verify the involvement of the petitioner in the offence. In an enquiry under Section 482 Cr.P.C. this Court cannot exercise such a task. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 27.08.2010 sur