THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B. CHANDRA KUMAR Criminal Petition No. 7460 of 2007 Order: This criminal petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., has been filed to quash the proceedings in C.C. No.185 of 2007 on the file of the Special Judicial Magistrate of First Class (Excise), Eluru. The petitioner herein is A1 in C.C. No. 185 of 2007. A2 is the former secretary of Large Sized Cooperative Society, Ponangi. Basing on the report given by the then Divisional Cooperative Officer, the police registered a case in Crime No.178 of 2006 under Sections 409, 420, 477(A) read with 34 IPC and after completing investigating they filed charge sheet. The only contention raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that A2 is the main person who was dealing with the accounts and that the other persons who are responsible for misappropriation of the funds have not been made as accused in this case. It is also argued that when surcharge proceedings were initiated, the petitioner and others filed W.P. Nos.26148, 26783, 26976 and 26987 of 2001 and that the said writ petitions are pending consideration before this Court. It is also submitted that no prima facie case has been made out as seen from the contents of the charge sheet. The charge sheet allegations go to show that the Joint Registrar, District Cooperative Society has enquired into the matter and several records were verified and that the petitioner was at the helm of the affairs in the society during the relevant period. There is nothing to say that no prima facie case is made out from the contents of the charge sheet. Merely because some other persons who have also swallowed the money have not been made as accused persons and that the main role was played by A2, the same is not a sufficient ground to quash the proceedings against the petitioner herein. In the circumstances, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ______________________ B. CHANDRA KUMAR, J. Date: 21.04.2010 Nsr