HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.4809 of 2011 ORDER:- Heard the petitioner’s counsel and the public prosecutor. 2. The offences alleged in this case are those punishable under Sections 448, 427 and 379 IPC. It is stated that the petitioner has threatened a forest officer in connection with a land dispute and he even took away the gate pillars and water pipes from the nursery belonging to the forest department. 3. The plea of the petitioner is that there is a land dispute and the forest authorities have encroached upon his land whereas that is denied by the prosecution. The matter is still at the stage of investigation. Hence there are no grounds to interfere in this matter and accordingly this petition is dismissed. 4. The petitioner’s counsel says that the petitioner is aged 74 years and is a sickly person and he has got his own age related problems. In the circumstances the police shall take a decision regarding arrest of the petitioner after completion of the investigation and the petitioner shall not in any manner meddle with the investigation and he shall cooperate with the police for completion of the investigation. ______________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR, J 21st June 2011 CVRK