IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD Criminal Petition No.6071 of 2009 Between: K. Lokanandham and others .. Petitioners AND The State of Andhra Pradesh rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court buildings, Hyderabad and another .. Respondents Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed therewith, the High Court will be pleased to quash all further proceedings in C.C. No.401 of 2007 on the file of the Court of Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum- Special Judicial Magistrate of First Class for Trial of A.P. Land Grabbing Act, Visakhapatnam. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of the Public Prosecutor for the 1st respondent. The Court made the following: ORDER: None appeared for the petitioners like on the last occasion till after lunch and there is no representation for them. The criminal petition has been filed mainly raising the contentions about any offence under the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 not having been made out and not being capable of proceeded with against the petitioners. But the copy of C.C. No.401 of 2007 filed by the petitioners along with the criminal petition shows that the petitioners were not being prosecuted for any offence under the Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982. Therefore, the petition is misconceived and is dismissed. _____________________ G. BHAVANI PRASAD, J Date: 13-08-2009 Svv