THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8823 of 2009 Dated : 28.10.2009 Between : Danduboyina Ramulu & others ….. Petitioners a n d The State of A.P. & another ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8823 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioners/accused seeking to quash the proceedings in S.C.No.246 of 2009 on the file of Mahila Sessions Judge-cum-IV Additional District & Sessions Judge, Vijayawada for the offence punishable under Sections 354 and 34 r/w.34 of I.P.C. arising out of Crime No.267 of 2009 of Ibrahimpatnam Police Station, Vijayawada. 2) Heard. 3) The allegations leveled against the petitioners are of manhandling and mis-behaving with the defacto complainant when she protested their acts of digging near the disputed site. There is an abnormal delay in lodging the complaint, which circumstance would show that the contention of the petitioners that a false complaint was given against them might be probable. 4) Admittedly in this case, the investigation is completed, charge sheet is filed and the Sessions Case is also taken cognizance. As such, at this stage, proceedings cannot be quashed against the petitioners. However, the petitioners can approach the trial Court with an appropriate petition for discharge and as against the order passed in such petition, they can approach this Court for appropriate relief. 5) Accordingly, the criminal petition is dismissed. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 28th October, 2009 sur