IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9572 OF 2009 Between: 1. Vasudeva Reddy 2. Sridhar Reddy 3. B. Madhu 4. Raj Kumar 5. Jodumuntala Mallesham ……Petitioners – accused Nos.1 to 5 AND The State of A.P., through the Station House Officer, Saifabad Police Station, Hyderabad, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9572 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners, accused Nos.1 to 5 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C. No.915 of 2009 on the file of I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad arising out of Crime No.95 of 2009 of Saifabad Police Station, Hyderabad registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341 & 209 IPC and 21 read with 76 of Hyderabad City Police Act. 2. Heard. 3. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioners is that the allegations are politically motivated and that on the date of incident, the petitioners, who are senior leaders of Praja Rajyam Party, were protesting against lack of price for tomatoes and in that process there was some demonstration and for that reason, the present false case is foisted against them. 4. Assuming all the contentions of the petitioner to be true also, it is not a case for quashing the impugned proceedings, as the petitioners have participated in the offence and there was disturbance to the traffic etc. Hence, the petition is liable to be dismissed. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J November 17, 2009. PV