HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.No. 4875 of 2008 Date: 08-07-2010 Between: Dr. Nemarigommula Sudhakar Rao and another …. Petitioners and State of Andhra Pradesh ……….. Respondent HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.No. 4875 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioners approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.136 of 2008 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Thorrur, Warangal District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 427 and 506 read with 149 of IPC. The case of the prosecution is that on 06-02-2008 at about 4-45 PM while the Sub-Inspector of Police,Kodakandla, along with his staff were attending bandobust duty at Waddekothapalli village, the persons belonging to Telugu Desam Party of Waddekothapalli and surrounding villages lead by the petitioners gathered at the Gram Panchayat office in order to welcome their senior party leaders, who were going to visit the villages and while waiting for their arrival, some of the party workers raised party slogans and demolished the congress party flag post. The Sub-Inspector of Police and his staff resisted and disbursed them and later he registered the crime and arrested the petitioners. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor. This Court is not inclined to pass any order on the basis of the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners. However, in any event, taking into consideration that the first petitioner being the Ex-MLA and also a Doctor, this Court is inclined to dispense with his presence before the trial Court except the dates on which the learned Magistrate insist for his presence. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _____________ RAJA ELANGO, J Date: 08-07-2010 YCR