THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 5479 of 2011 ORDER: The present Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to quash the proceedings in F.I.R. No.RC5(A)/2011 dated 03.02.2011 of CP/CBI, Hyderabad. The case was registered on a complaint, given by the victims Mohammed Shuja Ul Haq and Mohammed Faimuddin about the demand for bribe and acceptance of the same by the P.R.O. Vasanth Kumar of the Passport Office with the assistance and aid of the petitioner. A trap was said to have been laid and some money was said to have been recovered from the possession of the P.R.O. As can be seen from the substance of the complaint, the P.R.O. has directed that the money is to be handed over to the petitioner and on 03.02.2011 when they came, the P.R.O. asked them to meet the petitioner and again they met the petitioner herein and he told them to come at 3.00 PM along with the bribe amount. Therefore, the allegations in the complaint prima facie show that the collection of the money was through the connivance of the petitioner. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the allegations in the complaint go to show, as if it is a request for issuance of Police Clearance Certificate and the Passport Officer is not competent to issue the same. The allegations cannot be read like that since after submission of the passport application, the Passport Officer has to seek the Police Clearance Certificate from the concerned police and that process has been delayed and in that connection the victims seem to have approached the P.R.O. and the petitioner herein. Therefore, at this stage, there is no need to doubt the prima facie accusation made in the complaint and merely because the petitioner has not received the money, his participation and association with the crime cannot be ruled out. Therefore, at the stage of investigation, the proceedings cannot be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ________________________ N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO, J Date: 14-07-2011 MR THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 5479 of 2011 DATE: 14-07-2011 MR