THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO.4750 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioner is said to be accused No.1 in crime No.77 of 2011 of Narsapur Town Police Station, West Godavari District. The offences alleged are those punishable under Sections 409, 420 and 506 (2) read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 {“IPC” for brevity}. The case is a Court referred complaint. The version of the de facto complainant is that himself and others have been engaged in employment by the first accused on his Crane on a promise to pay good wages, but subsequently, the petitioner did not pay wages and cheated them. It is seen that Section 409 IPC is also added, which is applicable to criminal breach of trust by a public servant, though the said ingredients are absent in this case. Learned counsel for the petitioner pointed out that the dispute is about payment of wages and it is a labour dispute, actually to be decided by the labour authorities and not by police under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. May be what the petitioner’s counsel said may have force but the offence of cheating is also included in the FIR. In the circumstances, I am of the opinion that there are no grounds to interfere in the matter and the police shall have to investigate into the matter. It is, however, seen in para-11 of the complaint, which is filed before the Court below, that the matter was represented before the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Vijayawada, where some proceedings went on and in fact, the dispute could be a labour dispute also. In these circumstances, the police are directed to take a decision regarding the arrest of the petitioner only after completion of the investigation. With the above direction, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. __________________ (N.RAVI SHANKAR, J) 21st June 2011 RRB