HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7680 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C.No.202 of 2010 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Chintalapudi, West Godavari District, taken on file for the offence under Section 420 of IPC. Heard. The entire reading of the charge sheet does not disclose any offence, more particularly, for an offence under Section 420 of IPC. Further, the defacto complainant’s wife eloped with the petitioner herein on her own accord. It is evident from the fact that she also informed the Investigating Officer that she does not want to go with the defacto complainant and she herself left her mother’s house. It is unfortunate to note that the learned Magistrate has forwarded the complaint under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C. for registration of crime and investigation. The Investigating Officer also filed charge sheet without knowing the ingredients of Section 420 of IPC. Hence, this Court is of the view that it clearly amounts to abuse of process and the calendar case is liable to be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner in C.C.No.202 of 2010 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Chintalapudi, West Godavari District, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. _____________ RAJA ELANGO, J 27th August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.No.7680 of 2011 (Allowed) 27th August, 2011 cbs