THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1991 OF 2009 Dated:06.11.2009 Between: Bonthala Mehabub Basha .. Petitioner/A-3 And The State of Andhra Pradesh, through S.H.O., Kurnool Taluk Police Station, at Kurnool rep., by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad .. Respondent THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1991 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C., is filed by the petitioner-Accused No.3, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C.No.1195 of 2008 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kurnool, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406 and 420 I.P.C. and Section 7(1) of the Essential Commodities Act. 2. Heard both sides. 3. It is not a fit case to interfere, as the allegation is of the petitioner being involved in illegal transportation of rice meant for Public Distribution System. It is the contention of the petitioner that his name is not found in the First Information Report initially, but the prosecution reports that his father Chand Basha is the person in whose name the transport office is being run. 5. In the circumstances, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the stage of admission. ___________________ P. SWAROOP REEDY, J 6th November 2009. KH