THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13334 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioner approaches this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No.175 of 2011 on the file of the Station House Officer, Kamalapur police station, Karimnagar District, wherein the petitioner was arrayed as accused for the offences punishable under Sections 3 (1) (x) of the Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. 2. Heard. Perused the record. 3. A perusal of the record shows that the occurrence of the offence was on 26.10.2011 and the complaint was lodged on 28.10.2011, i.e. after a lapse of two days and the petitioner and the complainant are aged about 65 years and 70 years respectively and there is a possibility of settlement between the parties since they are residents of same place. 4. Hence, the investigating officer is directed to complete the investigation of the case without making arrest of the petitioner herein and file final report either way. Further, the petitioner is also directed to cooperate with the investigating officer in completion of the case. He is also directed to appear before the investigating officer, as and when required by him. 5. Criminal Petition is accordingly disposed of. _________________ RAJA ELANGO,J 20th December, 2011. Tsy