IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R. KANTHA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 3161 OF 2010 Between: Challa B:alakrishna .. Petitioner-A24 V/s. The State of Andhra Pradesh Represented by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad. .. Respondent-Complainant Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri N.Siva Reddy Counsel for the Respondent : Addl. Public Prosecutor THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R. KANTHA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 3161 OF 2010 O R D E R : This Criminal Petition is filed to quash the proceedings in FIR.No.193 of 2009 of Pattabhipuram Law and Order Police Station, Guntur district. 2. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the State. 3. Initially a report was lodged by the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Guntur stating that three individuals, who were the employees of the Corporation were indulging in unauthorized transactions of tampering of data base and misuse of servers and causing loss to the Municipal Corporation. Basing on the said report, the police registered a case against the said three individuals. By then, the petitioner was working in the Corporation but his name was not mentioned in the report given by the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation on 09-12-2009. The petitioner worked in the department without any disciplinary proceedings being initiated against him and also retired in February 2010. There is nothing on record showing the involvement of the petitioner in the commission of the offence alleged. 4. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner was included at the instance of a Corporator, who was inimical towards the petitioner. 5. Considering the entire material available on record and the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the State, I am of the view that a case has been made out to quash the proceedings as prayed for. 6. Consequently, the entire proceedings in Crime No. 193 of 2009 of Pattabhipuram Law and Order Police Station, Guntur district against the petitioner are quashed. 7. The Criminal Petition is accordingly allowed. ________________________ JUSTICE R. KANTHA RAO 13-10-2011 I s L THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R. KANTHA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 3161 OF 2010 CIRCULATION NO. 77 DATE 13-10-2010 COURT MASTER: I s L COMPUTER NO. 43