THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY Crl.P.No.4324/2007 Dt.3-9-2010 K. Naga Babu @ Nagesh ..Petitioner/A-35 V. 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad and others. ..Respondents The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY Crl.P.No.4324/2007 ORAL ORDER This petition is filed under Sec. 482 Cr.P.C., to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioner-A-35 M.C.No.42/2006 on the file of Revenue Divisional Officer & Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Nuzvid registered for the offences under Sections 16,17,18 and 20 of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (for short “the Act”). Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and also Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents. This Court in Crl.P.No.2017/2007 quashed the proceedings initiated against A-20 in the same MC ie., M.C. No.42/2006 holding that there is no allegation to attract any of the provisions of the Act. A reading of the charge sheet would disclose that the landlords will come to the village according to their prior agreement and pay advance amount to the brokers and on that the brokers will bring young children under the age of 10 years to Mantada from Vizianagaram and other Districts and the landlords used to select the children for their domestic work and thereby the brokers used to handover the children to them according to their prior agreement to get their commission. The substance of the complaint is that 45 children were recovered from various persons. The Landlords will pay amount to A-1 to A-18, who in turn handover the selected children ie., L.Ws.12 to 34 to A-19 to A-47, who took them for the purpose of doing domestic work at their residences. As per the charge-sheet it is clearly evident that the victim children ie., L.Ws.12 to 34 were relieved from the clutches of A-19 to A-47 ie., 23 children were relieved from the clutches of 29 accused persons. It is impossible that 23 children were shared by 29 accused persons. In the absence of any specific allegation levelled against the petitioner/A-35, the proceedings initiated against him cannot be continued. The Criminal Petition is accordingly allowed and the proceedings initiated against the peitioner/A-35 in MC No.42/2006 on the file of Revenue Divisional Officer & Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Nuzvid are quashed. ______________ A.GOPAL REDDY,J Dt.3-9-2010 kmr