THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9619 OF 2009 Dated : 17.11.2009 Between : Vijay Kumar Reddy ….. Petitioners/A.1 a n d The State of A.P. ….. Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9619 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner/A.1 seeking to quash proceedings against him in crime No.67 of 2008 of Nagarkurnool Police Station, Mahabubnagar District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 451, 427 and 379 I.P.C. 2) Heard. 3) The allegation against the petitioner is of demolishing the compound wall and stealing the stones along with other accused. 4) The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that at the time of incident the petitioner was at Hyderabad cannot be accepted at this stage as the statements of the witnesses recorded during the course of investigation prima facie reveal the participation of the petitioner in the offence. As such, there are no grounds to quash the proceedings against the petitioner. Hence, the criminal petition is dismissed. 5) However, in view of the trivial nature of the offence, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. The investigation and consequential steps on the basis of investigation shall go on. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 17th November, 2009 SUR