THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10207 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner - accused No.2 seeking to quash the proceedings in Crl.M.P.No.551 of 2009 in S.C.No.437 of 2007 on the file of the IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, dated 19.11.2009. 2. Heard. 3. The concluding sentence in Paragraph No.8 reads as follows: “Hence, it is better to give an opportunity to the prosecution and decide about sanction proceedings on merits, to meet the ends of justice.” The above sentence shows that the learned Judge intends to decide the question of sanction on merits. That being the case, the petitioner need not have any apprehension. However, it is made clear that before pronouncing the judgment in the case, the learned Judge shall decide the above question, i.e. not simultaneously with the judgment. 4. The Criminal Petition is accordingly disposed of. ___________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. Date: 04.12.2009. Rns