THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L.NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2245 OF 2009 ORDER: This is an application filed by the 2nd accused to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.53 of 2009 on the file of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. The petitioner herein is the 2nd accused. The offences charged are under Sections 420, 506 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (for short, ‘IPC’). The substance of the accusation is that the present petitioner along with the other accused have induced the complainant for purchase of the lands at Maheswaram Mandal and made him to part with the money and thereby committed the offences knowing that there is no passage of title. As can be seen from the allegations in the charge sheet, there are several allegations against the present petitioner showing his association with the transaction and also with regard to the payment of the money, which are supported by the statements of the witnesses. Merely because a civil suit is filed, in which the petitioner is not a party does not mean that the criminal acts committed by him cannot be proceeded with. Therefore, in view of the above circumstances, at this stage, it is not a case for quashing of the proceedings as the truthfulness or otherwise of the charges have to be decided only on the appreciation of the evidence. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ________________________ N.R.L.NAGESWARA RAO,J Date:15.07.2011 INL