THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5864 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No. 144 of 2010 on the file of the Station House Officer, Humayunnagar Police Station, Hyderabad, wherein the petitioners were arrayed as Accused Nos.1 to 5, 7 and 8 for the offences punishable under Sections 3(i)(x) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and 506 of I.P.C. Heard. On 29.6.2010, this Court granted interim stay of all further proceedings for a period of four weeks and subsequently, the same was not extended any further. Even though the Crime was registered as long back as on 25.4.2010, the respondent police are not in a position to inform the Court as to what is the stage of the case. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and as there is a possibility of settlement between the parties in future, this Court is of the view that the investigation can be completed without making arrest of the petitioners. Hence, the respondent-police are directed to complete the investigation of the case without making arrest of the petitioners herein. The Criminal Petition is accordingly disposed of. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 20th October, 2011 pnb