THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.2694 of 2008 ORDER: This Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners-accused 2 and 3 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.504 of 2004 on the file of the Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tadepalligudem. 2. Heard. 3. The allegation against the petitioners is of fabricating a will, about which a civil suit was also filed. Learned counsel for the petitioners fairly admits that during the course of civil proceedings, it was observed by the civil court that the will was not true. The further contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the trial Court held that the will was of no consequence. As such, the petitioners cannot be prosecuted. 4. When the civil court held that the will was not true, the question whether that will is of any consequence or not is not a ground for stopping the criminal proceedings, as what is alleged is fabrication and when the fabrication is proved, the accused are liable to be prosecuted and it is not a case of no prima facie material against the petitioners. 5. In the circumstances, the criminal petition is dismissed. However, as the C.C. is of the year 2004, the trial Court is directed to dispose of the same, as expeditiously as possible, preferably, with in a period of six months from today. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. 17th February 2010, Rns.