HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.576 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in P.R.No.699 of 2001-2002 on the file of the Prohibition and Excise Station, Mahabubnagar, Mahabubnagar District, registered on 26.01.2002 for the offence under Section 34(e) of the A.P. Excise Act, 1968. 2. Heard both sides. 3. The offence was booked on 26.01.2002 about eight years ago. Till now, the Excise Officials did not complete investigation and did not file charge sheet. It is a case of illegal possession of 110 bags of jaggery powder and 125 lumps of black jaggery. In any event, since the period of limitation for filing charge sheet in this crime expired long back, the impugned proceedings are liable to be quashed. 4. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in P.R.No.699 of 2001-2002 on the file of the Prohibition and Excise Station, Mahabubnagar, Mahabubnagar District, are hereby quashed. _____________ RAJA ELANGO, J 25th January, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.576 of 2011 (Allowed) 25th January, 2011 CBS