THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11553 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner-Accused No.9 approached this Court by invoking the provisions under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking to quash the proceedings against him in O.R.No.52 of 2011- 12 of SVNP, Chamala Range, Chittoor District, where in he is arrayed as accused for the offence punishable under Sections 53 of A.P.Forest Act, 1967 and 20(1) C (ii)(iii)(iv)(viii) & (x) of A.P.Forest Act 1967 contravention of rules 3 and 4 of A.P.Sandal Wood and Red Sanders Wood Transit Rules, 1969 and punishable under Section 29(4)(a)(i) of A.P.Forest Act, 1967 and also under Schedule 27 Schedule No.(1) Habitat Destruction (Kondagorri, Alugu, Bettudata, Elugubantu) and also under Sections 378 and 379 of IPC. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has nothing to do with the alleged offence and only basing on the confession of other accused, the petitioner is falsely implicated in the above crime. The petitioner apprehends arrest in the hands of the respondent-police in the above said crime. This Court perused the complaint, wherein it is stated that upon the instructions of the petitioner herein the other accused were carrying out the transport of red sanders. This Court is of the view that it is a matter to be investigated. At the threshold, this court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation and accordingly, the criminal petition is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. If the petitioner apprehends arrest in the hands of the respondent-police, he is at liberty to approach the Sessions court for anticipatory bail. On filing of such application, the Sessions Judge is directed to consider the same favourably since the petitioner is not present at the scene of offence. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 28th November 2011 CHV