IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1698 OF 2010 Between: Ms. Kalapala Lakshmi ……Petitioner – Accused AND The State of A.P., Rep. by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Vijayawada Range, Vijayawada, through Special Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1698 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner Ms. Kalapala Lakshmi, accused, seeking to quash the proceedings against her in Crime No.4/RCT-ACB-VJA/2010 of Anti-Corruption Bureau, Vijayawada Range, Vijayawada, registered for the offence under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. 2. Heard. 3. The allegation against the petitioner is of demanding Rs.50,000/- and accepting the bribe of Rs.25,000/- from the de facto complainant and she was successfully trapped. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the amount in dispute was deposited with the petitioner as per the legal requirement, as such, the impugned complaint is a false one. 5. The questions raised by the learned counsel can be considered only during the course of investigation. In the circumstances, I see no ground to entertain this petition. 6. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the admission stage itself. However, it is ordered that the investigating agency has to consider the contention of the petitioner with regard to the amount that was admittedly recovered from her. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J February 25, 2010. PV