IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE : PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE : M.VENKATESWARA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1973 of 2005 Between: 1. Sri Srikanth, Sub Inspector of Police, Tiruchanur Police Station, Chittoor District 2. Sri S. Narasimha Reddy, Circle Inspector of Police, Tirupathi Rural, Tirupathi, Chittoor District 3. Sri Thimmappa, Former Deputy Superintendent of Police, Attached to DGP’s Office at Hyderabad 4. T. Bala Murali, Police Constable, Tiruchanur Police Station, Chittoor District Petitioners AND 1. The State, rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad 2. Mudupuru Prasad S/o Narsappa Naidu, Advocate, Srikalahasthi, Chittoor District Respondents Petition under Section 482 of Crl.P.C. praying that in the circumstances stated therein, the High Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings in CC.No. 59 of 2005 on the file of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Srikalahasthi . The petition coming on for hearing upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed herein and the order of the High Court dated. 17-05-2005, 15-6-2005, 16-6-2005, 28-6-2005, 1-7-2005 and 6-10-2005, made herein and upon hearing the arguments of Mr. O. Manohar Reddy, Advocate for the Petitioners and of the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No. 1 and of Mr. C. Mastan Naidu, Advocate for the respondent No. 2, the Court made the following ORDER: “Counsel for the petitioners is not present though the matter is passed over twice. The learned Counsel for the 2nd respondent is very much present on all occasions. It is stated by the learned Counsel for the 2nd respondent that on the ground that the matter is pending before this Court, the petitioners herein are seeking adjournments before the lower court. It is clarified that when there is no stay, the lower court is entitled to proceed further in the case. Post after two weeks.” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Srikalahasthi 2. Mudupuru Prasad S/o Narsappa Naidu, Advocate, Srikalahasthi, Chittoor District 3. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad (OUT) 4. One Spare Copy H.A. DRAFTED BY : H.A. DATED: 09.12.2005 APPROVED BY : HIGH COURT MVRJ DATED :08-12-2005 NOTE: POST AFTER TWO WEEKS ORDER Crl. P. No. 1973 of 2005 DIRECTION