THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION No :5055 of 2008 DATED: 28-04-2010 ORDER: 1st respondent-de facto complainant approached the police and gave a complaint, on the basis of which a case in Cr.No.16 of 1999 was registered against the petitioner herein for the offences punishable under Sections 409, 420, 468 and 472 r/w 34 IPC. However, as the police could not take the case, they referred the matter as ‘undetectable case’ Thereafter, the 1st respondent-de facto complainant filed a private complaint and the same was numbered as C.C.No.166 of 2002 on the file of the learned Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Narsapur, West Godavari District. The same is questioned in this petition. While the said C.C.No.166 of 2002 is pending before the Court below, the de facto complainant died on 10-12-2007. In the light of the death of the de facto complainant and further as it is not a police case, in my considered view, the proceedings against the petitioner can be quashed. Accordingly, Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings against the petitioner herein in C.C.No.166 of 2002 on the file of the learned Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Narsapur, West Godavari District are quashed. ______________________________ GOPALAKRISHNA TAMADA,J 28th April, 2010. Tsy