THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11971 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioner seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C.No.315 of 2009 on the file of I Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate at Khammam, for the offence punishable under Section 188 of Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the Court below ought not to have taken cognizance of the present complaint in view of the bar under Section 195 (1) (a) (i) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. As per Section 195 (1) (a) (i) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, no Court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under Sections 172 to 188 (both inclusive) of the Indian Penal Code, except on the complaint in writing of the public servant concerned or of some other public servant to whom he is administratively subordinate. This Court perused the material on record and also heard the arguments. Admittedly, in this case, complainant is the Sub-Inspector of Police. Hence, this Court has no hesitation to hold that further proceedings against the petitioner are liable to be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the further proceedings against the petitioner in C.C.No.315 of 2009 on the file of the I Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Khammam, are hereby quashed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 24.11.2011 V V