HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRLIMINAL PETITION No.12858 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed with a prayer to quash the proceedings against the petitioner – Accused No.3 in S.C. No.19 of 2011 on the file of the First Additional District & Sessions Judge, Kurnool, arising out of Crime No.79 of 2010 of II Town Police Station, Adoni, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and 3, 4, 6 & 9 (1) of the A.P. Gaming Act (Matka). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor for the respondent. 3. The main contention raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that a reading of the charge sheet and the material placed before the trial Court shows that the case against the petitioner is foisted only on the basis of the confession made by the co-accused, that nothing was recovered from the petitioner, and that merely basing on the confession, there cannot be any case against the petitioner. 4. This Court, upon perusing the record, posted the matter for clarification from the learned Public Prosecutor. The learned Public Prosecutor, on instructions, also submitted that except the confession of co-accused, no other material is collected by the Investigating Agency against the petitioner. 5. Considering the same, this Court is of the view that the present proceedings against the petitioner are liable to be quashed. 6. Accordingly, the proceedings in S.C. No.19 of 2011 on the file of the First Additional District & Sessions Judge, Kurnool, insofar as the petitioner – Accused No.3 is concerned, are quashed. ______________ RAJA ELANGO, J December 16, 2011. KTL