THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9340 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C.No.167 of 2010 on the file of XII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, wherein he is arrayed as an accused for the offence punishable under Section 469 IPC. Heard. The allegation against the petitioner is that when he was entrusted printing work of annual publication of RTI 2009 by the 2nd respondent herein, he printed the wrong photograph of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, thereby, he has committed an offence punishable under Section 469 IPC. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the act of the petitioner printing the wrong photograph of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh was unintentional and that the petitioner has no intention of causing harm to the reputation of any person. Learned counsel further submitted that within 24 hours of printing the wrong photograph of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, the mistake was rectified and apology letters were addressed to the concerned officials. Section 469 IPC reads as follows: “Whoever commits forgery, intending that the document forged shall harm the reputation of any party, or knowing that it is likely to be used for that purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.” The main ingredient of Section 469 IPC is the intention of causing harm to the reputation of any party. In the present case, there is nothing to suggest that the petitioner committed the offence with an intention to cause harm to the reputation of any person. For the aforesaid reasons, the criminal petition is allowed and the proceedings against the petitioner in C.C.No.167 of 2010 on the file of XII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 25.11.2011 v v