IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICIATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH, AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT:: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY CRL.P.No.11369 OF 2010 Between:- Syed Barkathullah @ Khaleed Pasha 7 others …Petitioners A n d The State of A.P., rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. …Respondent HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY CRL.P.No.11369 OF 2010 ORDER: This petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C seeking to quash further proceedings against the petitioners/A-1 to A-8 in C.C.No.702 of 2008, on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent- State. Perused the records. 3. Petitioners/A-1 to A-8 are accused of offences under Sections 447, 427, 506 read with Section 34 IPC. On a complaint given by the third respondent, the police registered a case in Cr.No.271 of 2008 and after due investigation, filed charge sheet on 17-10-2008. More than two years thereafter, the petitioners/A-1 to A-8 have now chosen to file this application for quashing the proceedings in C.C.No.702 of 2008. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the earlier complaint given by the third respondent was referred as false and subsequently on instructions from the higher officials, the police have further investigated and filed charge sheet. The learned counsel for the petitioners would further submit that in the complaint, allegations were made only against A-1 and while filing the charge sheet, A-2 to A-8 were also roped in. 5. The question as to whether or not there has been any improvement in the version of the witnesses from the stage of F.I.R to the stage of investigation, is a matter to be considered by the trail Court while appreciating the evidence on record. The fact that earlier the police filed a report stating that the complaint is false is no ground for quashing further proceedings when, in fact, after further investigation, charge sheet has been filed by the police. In the charge sheet, specific allegations are made to the effect that on 23-02-2008 at 08-00 pm., A-1 and his associates A-2 to A-8 criminally trespassed into the house of the complainant in an inebriated condition and attacked the complainant by pelting stones on his house and destroyed the house wall and threatened them with dire consequences and later they went to Darga Hazrath Ramz Alid Shah Quadri and dismantled the darga wall and they also forced the complainant and his father and took signatures on GPA in respect of the subject property. The truth or otherwise of the said allegations is a matter to be considered by the trial Court during the course of trial. 6. Having regard to the fact that specific allegations have been made against all the petitioners/A-1 to A-8 and specific overt acts are also attributed to them prima facie attracting the ingredients of the offences alleged, it is considered not a fit case to invoke the inherent powers of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. 7. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that civil cases relating to the same subject property are also pending between the accused and the complainant. The pendency of the civil cases by itself is no ground for quashing further proceedings, especially in a case like the present one where specific allegations have been made against the petitioners/A-1 to A-8 in the charge sheet, after investigation. 8. It is well settled that the inherent powers of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C have to be exercised with care, caution and circumspection and they cannot be invoked to scuttle the investigation. 9. There are absolutely no valid or sufficient grounds to quash further proceedings in C.C.No.702 of 2008, on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District, that too at this length of time about two years after filing of the charge sheet. 10. In the result, the criminal petition is dismissed. ____________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J 19th November,2010 Lrkm.