IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6947 OF 2009 Between: T. Ramesh Reddy, S/o. T. Adhinarayana Reddy ……Petitioner – accused AND The State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6947 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner T. Ramesh Reddy, accused, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C. No.809 of 2006 on the file of the Special Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Excise Court, Ananthapur, arising out of Crime No.102 of 2003 of Ananthapur One Town Police Station, registered for the offence punishable under Section 420 IPC. 2. Heard both sides. 3. On 05-11-2009, learned counsel for the petitioner reported that the petitioner proposes to pay back the disputed amount and the learned counsel for respondent No.2 - de facto complainant took time to get instructions from his client. 4. Now the learned counsel for respondent No.2 reports that respondent No.2 is ready and willing to receive the amount, but the learned counsel for the petitioner reports that the petitioner is unwilling to pay the disputed amount, which, in fact, he offered to pay on 05-11-2009. 5. Thus, there are absolutely no bona fides on the part of the petitioner, as such, the petition is liable to be dismissed. 6. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J November 17, 2009. PV