THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6681 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C. No. 316 of 2010 on the file of the Court of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Narsapur, West Godavari District, for the offences punishable under Sections 188 of I.P.C. and 125-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (for short ‘the Representation of Peoples Act’). The petitioners are arrayed as Accused Nos. 1 to 21 in the aforesaid C.C. Admittedly, to take cognizance of an offence under Section 188 of I.P.C., a complaint should be filed by a person, who promulgates the order; whereas in the present case, the Station House Officer, Narsapur Town P.S. conducted investigation on the basis of the complaint given by the Mandal Revenue Inspector, Narsapur. As far as the other offence under Section 125-A of the Representation of Peoples Act is concerned, it only relates to penalty for filing of wrong affidavit by a candidate, who files nomination papers and who gives wrong information or false information in the nomination paper. Admittedly, under the provisions of the said Act, where a candidate who himself or through a proposer gives any wrong or false information in his nomination paper, he can be punished. In the present case, the information given by the supporters of a candidate in connection with the permission sought for from the authorities will not attract the ingredients of Section 125-A of the (Representation of Peoples Act). Considering the same, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners-A1 to A21 in C.C. No.316 of 2010 on the file of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Narsapur are hereby quashed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 18th October, 2011 pnb