THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13119 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., is filed by the petitioner/A-1 to set aside the order dated 01.07.2011 passed in Crl.M.P.No.2337 of 2011 in C.C.No.1179 of 2009 on the file of XI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Secunderabad, and the judgment dated 14.09.2011 passed in Crl.A.No.339 of 2011 on the file of the Special Judge for trial of offences under S.Cs & S.Ts (POA) Act- cum-VI Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Secunderabad, and a direction to release the Passport bearing No.F 4719552 belonging to the petitioner. Heard. The petitioner/A-1 along with A-2 in the case faced trial in C.C.No.1179 of 2009 on the file of XI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Secunderabad, for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 468 and 471 IPC, and were acquitted by judgment dated 23.02.2011. Subsequently, stating that the case against him ended in acquittal, the petitioner herein filed a petition being Crl.M.P.No.2337 of 2011 in C.C.No.1179 of 2009, under Section 452 Cr.P.C., before the trial Court, to return original passport bearing No.F 4719552, and the said petition was dismissed through order dated 01.07.2011. Aggrieved thereby, Criminal Appeal No.339 of 2011 is filed before the Special Judge for Trial of offences under S.Cs. & S.Ts (POA) Act-cum- VI Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Secunderabad, and the same was dismissed vide order dated 14.09.2011 confirming the order of the trial Court. Hence, this Criminal Petition. Having perused the entire material on record, this Court is of the view that both the Courts below have appreciated the matter in proper perspective and gave concurrent findings. Hence, this Court does not see any perversity or illegality in the impugned orders and the criminal petition is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 15.12.2011 v v