THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 816 of 2010 ORDER: The present Criminal Petition is ﬁled by the petitioners under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.1243 of 2008 on the ﬁle of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada, Krishna District. The complainant V.Mallikharjuna Rao has lodged the complaint to the eﬀect that the accused disclosed that the husbands of the petitioners are claiming to be the owners of the property to an extent of 228 sq. yards bearing plot No.102, layout No.II in R.S.No.63 at Bhavanipuram, Vijayawada and agreed to sell the property and accordingly a sum of Rs.2,50,000/- was paid to the accused and the balance is agreed to be paid on or before 31.01.2007 and the value of the site is at Rs.4,800/- per sq. yard. In spite of repeated requests, the agreement is not complied with and the enquiries revealed that the accused have no rights in the property and consequently the accused cheated them and obtained Rs.2,50,000/-. Subsequently, it appears that there was some understanding and a cheque for Rs.2,50,000/- is said to have been given and it was presented and dishonoured and the complainant has ﬁled a case before the District Consumer Redressal Forum-I, Krishna at Vijayawada in C.C.No.242 of 2008 and an order was passed on 23.07.2009 directing the payment of Rs.2,50,000/- with interest and damages. Thereafter, the parties seem to have compromised and a joint memo was ﬁled before the said Forum to the eﬀect that after passing the order on 23.07.2009, the amount has been paid and F.S. was to be recorded. Accordingly, on 14.09.2009, the F.S. was recorded and the certiﬁed copy of the memo and the order passed are being ﬁled along with the copy of the complaint before the Consumer Redressal Forum. From the material allegations in the charge sheet and also the subsequent conduct, it is quite clear that the matter is of purely civil nature and the grievance of the complainant has been redressed by payment of the money and I feel that the continuation of these proceedings on criminal side is not warranted and it will be only an abuse of criminal process. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is allowed quashing the proceedings in C.C.No.1243 of 2008. ________________________ N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO, J Date: 01-12-2011 MR THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 816 of 2010 DATE: 01-12-2011 MR