IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7435 OF 2008 Between: V. Nageswara Rao, S/o. Appa Rao ……Petitioner – accused AND State of A.P., Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & 2 others .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7435 OF 2008 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner V. Nageswara Rao, accused, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.139 of 2000 of Jaggayyapet Police Station, Krishna District registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420 and 408 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. The allegation against the petitioner is that he being an employee of the de facto complainant, respondent No.2 herein, misappropriated huge amount of Rs.9.00 lakhs and odd claiming the same as his own money stating that he invested the same in the company. 4. It is also represented by the learned counsel for the de facto complainant that the petitioner filed a company petition claiming the above amount and the same was dismissed. 5. Therefore, it cannot be said that there is no prima facie case against the petitioner and thus there are no grounds to entertain this petition. 6. The Criminal Petition fails and is dismissed at the stage of admission itself. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J October 30, 2009. PV