THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7506 of 2008 ORDER: Petitioner approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in PRC.No.55 of 2007 on the file of X Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad, at Malkajgiri, wherein he is facing trial for the offence punishable under Section 306 IPC. Heard. Perused the entire material placed on record. The petitioner is a team leader in T.C.S. Limited, Hitech City, Hyderabad, in which K.L.R.Pavan Kumar (deceased) was one among the members of the team. The said K.L.R.Pavan Kumar committed suicide on 04.05.2007. The complaint given by the father of the deceased runs as follows: “Regarding the untimely and sad demise of our son, Sri K.L.R. Pavan Kumar, we regret very much to inform you that Shri K.L.R. Pavan Kumar has committed suicide on 04/05/07 and died about 9 P.M. Mr.K.L.R. Pavan Kumar has been working in T.C.S. Ltd., Hitech City, Hyderabad. He has informed us on 29/04/07 that his team leader Mr. Pavan Kumar, T.C.S. Ltd., has made scathing criticism on several occasions in the recent past and has been harassing him and also asked him not to attend to the office i.e. T.C.S. Ltd. Due to the mental agony caused by continuous harassment and insultations of the team leader, we firmly believe that K.L.R. Pavan Kumar has committed suicide on 04/05/07. In view of the foregoing, we request the concerned authorities to ensure that the team mates/colleagues are not harassed and insulted by the team leader Mr. Pavan Kumar, T.C.S. Ltd. This is for your kind information and necessary action please.” The contents of the complaint indicate that the deceased committed suicide because of the criticism made by the petitioner herein as team leader, and the complainant also made a request to the concerned authorities to ensure that hereafter there should not be any harassment to any of the members of the team. However, the entire complaint does not disclose what type of harassment or insult meted out by the deceased in the hands of the petitioner, and it discloses that the deceased committed suicide after lapse of six days after he left the company concerned. Further, there is no suicide note of the deceased indicating that the petitioner herein is responsible for his death. The entire reading of the statement of the witnesses also does not disclose any inducement by the petitioner herein. In these circumstances, this Court is of the view that no offence much less the alleged offence is made out against the petitioner. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is allowed quashing the proceedings against the petitioner in P.R.C.No.55 of 2007 on the file of X Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad, at Malkajgiri, which arose out of Crime No.249 of 2007 of P.S.Malkajgiri, Cyberabad. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 12.09.2011 V V