THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7767 OF 2007 Dated : 18.11.2009 Between : Yarra Satyavathi @ Swathi & another ….. Petitioners/A.1 & A.4 a n d 1) The SHO, PS Mandapeta Town 2) Smt.Enugula Venkata Ratnam 3) The State of A.P. ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7769 OF 2007 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners/A.2 and A.4 seeking to quash proceedings against them in crime No.87 of 2007 of Mandapeta Town Police Station, East Godavari District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 372 read with Section 34 I.P.C. 2) Heard. 3) The allegation against the petitioners is that the first petitioner, who is A.3, along with A.1 and A.2 sold away one Sujatha Kumari, victim, to the second petitioner i.e. A.4 for an amount of Rs.25,000/- and A.4 in turn made the victim to do prostitution. In view of serious allegations leveled against the petitioners, it is not a fit case for quashing the proceedings. Hence, the criminal petition is dismissed. 4) However, learned counsel for the petitioners reports that so far no charge sheet is filed. In such circumstances, it is directed that the investigating officer shall file charge sheet/final report within a period of three months from today as material part of the investigation must have been completed by now since the crime is registered in the year 2007. In case no charge sheet/final report is filed within three months, proceedings against the petitioners shall be dropped. 5) Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed of. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 18th November, 2009 SUR