HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8033 of 2011 ORDER : Petitioners approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in Crime No.196 of 2011 on the file of Nandigama P.S., Krishna District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 379 IPC. Heard. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners herein are the owners of the vehicles seized in connection with the aforementioned Crime No.196 of 2011 and they are not directly involved in the present crime. He further submitted that the petitioners have no knowledge about the alleged crime and also that they were not aware of the fact of their vehicles being used by their drivers for illegal transportation of sand. This Court is of the considered opinion that the question as to whether the petitioners have knowledge of the alleged crime or not cannot be decided by this Court by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C., and it is a matter to be investigated by the Investigating agency and the further proceedings in the present crime cannot be quashed at this stage. In any event, considering the facts and circumstances of the case and also the fact that the concerned police have already seized the crime vehicles, this Court directs the respondent police to complete the investigation without making the arrest of the petitioners. The criminal petition is, accordingly, disposed of. The Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Date: 22.09.2011 v v