IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRL.P.NO.5075 OF 2009. Date:15.04.2010 Between:- Zaheer Ahmed ..Petitioner/A-4 And Mohd.Zahed Ali and others .. Respondents ORDER:- The petitioner is the accused No.4 in C.C.No.183 of 2004 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Nirmal relating to offence punishable under Sections 500 and 501 I.P.C. 2. The complainant’s case is that A-3 and A-4 are the sources for the alleged defamatory statement, which was published by A-1 and A-2. It is alleged that the petitioner was beaten and that he gave report to the police in Crime No.46 of 2003 against the culprits and that according to the petitioner, the said quarrel took place because there was collection of huge amounts from contractors of S.R.S.P under the name of ‘Muslim Sankshema Sangam’ and there was no such association. Alleging that false and defamatory statement was given by the petitioner and another, the first respondent filed complaint before the lower Court. The case has been pending in the lower Court since the year 2004. Now the petitioner came up before this Court with this petition in the year 2009. It is contended that in two other similar matters, criminal proceedings were quashed by this Court in so far as other newspaper publishers. At any rate, there was no quashing of any criminal proceedings in so far as the petitioner, who is stated to be the source of the defamatory statement published by the newspapers. Having regard to facts of this case, this is not a fit case for quashing proceedings in the lower Court. 3. Hence, the petition is dismissed. _​_________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J 15th April 2010 AMD