IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1092 OF 2010 Between: Aluri Krishna Prasad ……Petitioner – Accused AND The State, through the Station House Officer, One Town Police Station, Eluru, West Godavari District, rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1092 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner Aluri Krishna Prasad, accused, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.19 of 2010 of One Town Police Station, Eluru, West Godavari District, registered for the offences under Sections 406, 409 & 420 read with 34 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. The allegation against the petitioner, who is Secretary of Sri Vani Educational Society, Agraharam, Eluru, is of collecting Rs.750/- (Rupees seven fifty only) per head from 34 students instead of Rs.125/- per head towards examination fee of tenth class. 4. The de facto complainant is none other than a director of the same educational society. 5. The contention of the petitioner is that an amount of Rs.750/- per head was collected from 34 students, but it includes charges for transportation of students for 11 days and other miscellaneous expenses and the same was explained to the District Educational Officer concerned. 6. In the circumstances, it is directed that investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of the investigation shall go on, but the petitioner shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. 7. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J February 10, 2010. PV