THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10734 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner approaches this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in Crime No.270 of 2009 of Chirala I Town Police Station, Prakasam District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 409 and 420 IPC. Heard. It is the case of the prosecution that the petitioner was engaged by the State Bank of India on consolidated payment as Marketing and Recovery Officer and his duty to identify the eligible borrowers and revenue records and recommended for sanction of dairy loans and that the petitioner alleged to have fictitiously opened three dairy loan accounts by using the password and I.D of Deputy Manager and caused loss to the bank for Rs.1,05,000/- during 27.6.2007 to 24.7.2007 and the said amount is recovered by the bank and that the petitioner is terminated by the bank on 6.11.2007. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner’s contract has come to end and he was terminated; that nearly two years thereafter the FIR was lodged against the petitioner on 21.8.2009; that there is no evidence produced by the bank that the petitioner is responsible for the offence; that the entire money has already been repaid; that the petitioner apprehends arrest in the hands of the police and hence he prays to allow the petition. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, especially in view of the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner to the effect that there is a threat of arrest of the petitioner in the hands of the police, the petitioner is at liberty to file an application seeking anticipatory bail before the concerned District and Sessions Judge, and on such filing of the application, the learned District and Sessions Judge, shall consider the same favourably, since the alleged amount has already been repaid by the petitioner. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous Petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO,J Date:04.11.2011. Gk. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10734 of 2011 Date: 04.11.2011. Gk.