ORDER :

This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C), is filed by the petitioners/A-1 to A-3, seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.65 of 2021 on the file of Panjagutta Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 405, 406, 420, 506 r/w 34 of IPC. The respondent Nos.2 and 3/de-facto complainants filed a private complaint under Section 200 of Cr.P.C., before the learned XIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, making certain allegations against the petitioners/A-1 to A-3. The learned Magistrate, having examined the complaint, referred the said complaint to the Station House Officer, Panjagutta Police Station, under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C., for filing report, holding that the material available before the Court shows the requirement of thorough probe and investigation into the allegation, as levelled in the complaint. Learned Magistrate further held that during the course of enquiry, the police must bear in mind the direction of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Lalitha Kumari Vs. Government of U.P., in W.P.(Criminal) No.61/2008, dated 12.11.2013 and directed to call the matter o