IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.4415 OF 2009 Between: 1. Chikkala Srinivasa Rao 2. Sunkavalli Venkata Krishna Pratap @ Chinna @ Tananki Ramarao 3. Gudapati Surendra Babu @ Bodapati Surendra 4. Kammili Anjaneyulu @ Buddi Anjaiah ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.1, 3, 4 & 5 AND The State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.4415 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners, accused Nos.1, 3, 4 & 5 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.34 of 2009 of Mogalthur Police Station, West Godavari District, registered for the offence under Section 420 read with 34 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. The complaint of the de facto complainant Padavala Ganga Raju, respondent No.2 herein, is that all the accused, who include the petitioners herein, have promised to sell his fish and pay the cost of the same to him after sale and saying so they lifted the fish, but did not pay the money after selling the fish. 4. The transaction in dispute prima facie looks to be purely contractual and thus civil in nature. However, criminal element also might be there, which can be revealed only during investigation. 5. In the circumstances, it is directed that investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of the investigation shall go on, but the petitioners shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. It is further directed that the investigating agency must complete the investigation within a period of three (3) months from today. 6. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 21, 2009. NOTE: Dispatch the order within two days. (B/O) PV