THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6039 of 2009 Dated : 09.11.2009 Between : G.Kothanna Reddy & another ….. Petitioners/A.8 & A.9 a n d The State of A.P. & another ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6039 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners/A.8 and A.9 seeking to quash proceedings against them in S.C.No.91 of 2006 on the file of the I Additional District Judge-cum- Mahila Judge, Visakhapatnam, for the offence punishable under Sections 120B, 144, 323, 354, 379, 440, 447, 506, 511 read with Section 34 and 149 of I.P.C. 2) Heard. 3) The Sessions Case is of the year 2006 and the petition for quashing the proceedings is filed in the year 2009. As such, without going into merits of the case, this petition is liable to be dismissed as in case there is no prima facie case against the petitioners, they ought to have approached this Court for quashing the proceedings at the initial stage itself. 4) Accordingly, the criminal petition is dismissed. The petitioners are at liberty to take all the pleas taken before this Court before the trial Court. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 9th November, 2009 SUR