THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5024 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioners approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.46 of 2011 on the file of Jarugumalli Police Station, Prakasam District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 342, 506 read with Section 34 IPC and Section 3 (i) (x) of SC & ST (POA) Act. Heard. This Court, while admitting the criminal petition on 24.06.2011, granted interim stay of arrest of the petitioners until further orders. Admittedly, the investigation in the present crime is not yet completed. On a perusal of the record, it is seen that there are some allegations against the petitioners herein. Hence, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation of the case at this stage. In any event, considering the nature of the allegations and the aspect that if the petitioners are arrested, it may cause prejudice in case there is any proposal for settlement between the parties in future, the investigating officer is directed to complete the investigation of the case without making arrest of the petitioners and file the final report either way. The Criminal Petition is accordingly disposed of. The miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated :21-11-2011 v v