THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.4696 of 2009 Dated : 09.11.2009 Between : K.Muralidhar Reddy & another ….. Petitioners/A.1 & A.2 a n d The State of A.P. & another ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.4696 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners/A.1 and A.2 seeking to quash proceedings in C.C.No.1549 of 2006 on the file of the IX Metropolitan Magistrate, Miyapur, Kukatpally, Cyberabad, for the offence punishable under sections 447 and 427 I.P.C. 2) Heard. 3) The calendar case pertains to the year 2006 and the present petition seeking to quash the proceedings is filed in the year 2009. As such, without going into merits of the case, this petition is liable to be dismissed as in case there is no prima facie case against the petitioners, they ought to have approached this Court at the initial stage itself and the criminal petition is filed only to delay the proceedings in main criminal case. 4) Therefore, the criminal petition is dismissed and the petitioners are at liberty to take all the pleas taken before this Court before the trial Court. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 9th November, 2009 SUR