IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10733 OF 2009 Between: Chidirala Devender, S/o. Late Srihari ……Petitioner – Accused No.2 AND The State of A.P., through Station House Officer, Prohibition & Excise Station, Ganapuram, Warangal District Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad ….Respondent HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10733 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner Chidirala Devender, accused No.2, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C. No.287 of 2006 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Mulug, Warangal District, arising out of Crime No.69 of 2005 of Ghanapur (M) Police Station, Warangal District, registered for the offence under Section 34(a)(e) of A.P. Excise Act read with 7(A) of A.P. Prohibition Act, 1995. 2. Heard. 3. The C.C. is of 2006, which the petitioner seeks to quash now in 2009. Hence, without going into the merits of the case, the petition is liable to be dismissed, as in case there is no prima facie case against the petitioner, he ought to have approached this Court initially itself. 4. However, as the C.C. is of 2006, the trial Court is directed to dispose of the same within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is further directed that the trial Court shall dispense with the presence of the petitioner during trial on an application being filed for the same and on his being represented properly. However, the petitioner shall invariably attend before the trial Court at the time of framing charges, his examination under Section 313 Cr.P.C. and judgment. 5. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the admission stage itself ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 21, 2009. PV