THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1981 OF 2011 DATED 8th MARCH, 2011. BETWEEN : K.Pratap .. Petitioner-accused and The State of A.P. & another ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1981 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioner approaches this Court with a prayer to quash the F.I.R. in crime No.150 of 2010 of Denduluru Police Station, West Godavari District, for an offence under Sections 420, 468 and 471 of Indian Penal Code and 12 (1) of Passport Act. Heard. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that without provisional sanction, there cannot be any prosecution under the provision of Section 15 of the Passport Act. This Court is of the view that since the present complaint is still at the stage of investigation, the question of sanction does not arise at this stage. Further, no justifiable contentions are raised by the petitioner’s counsel to quash the F.I.R., which is at the stage of investigation. Hence, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 08.03.2011 sur