THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 12380 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner – accused No.1 approached this court by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the proceedings against him in PR No.598/2011-12 on the ﬁle of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Manuguru, Khammam District, whereby he is facing charge for the oﬀence punishable under Section 34(e) of A.P. Excise Act. 2. The allegation against the petitioner is of transporting black jaggery for the purpose of illicit distillation of ID liquor. 3. This court perused the record and heard the arguments. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, as there are some prima facie allegations against the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation at this stage. In any event, considering the submissions made by the petitioner’s counsel and also in view of the nature of allegations, the respondent-police are hereby directed to investigate the matter without arresting the petitioner and file final report either way. 4. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. The Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, ﬁled along with this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. __________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 2nd December 2011 Rns