IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.639 OF 2010 Between: Thotakura Sankararao @ Sankrudu & 11 others ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.8 to 19 (B-Party) AND The State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. .....Respondent HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.639 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners, accused Nos.8 to 19 respectively (B-Party), seeking to quash the proceedings against them in STC No.92 of 2008 on the file of VI Additional Munsif Magistrate, Guntur. 2. Heard. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners raised a legal question saying that there is no formal complaint and as the offence being cognizable, there ought to have been complaint etc. 4. All the pleas raised in this petition can be taken before the trial Court. 5. Therefore, it is directed that the trial Court shall dispose of the STC expeditiously. Further, considering the nature of offence and the fact that it is only a petty case, the petitioners shall be allowed to be represented through their counsel or the other accused in the case during trial. 6. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J January 29, 2010. PV