THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8872 of 2009 ORDER: Petitioners – A4 and A6 approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.725 of 2008 on the file of the VI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, whereby they are facing charge for the offence punishable under Sections 25(1)(a) of the Arms Act and 120-B of IPC. 2. Heard. 3. The allegation against the petitioners herein is that they instigated A-1 and A-2, who were arrested while they were intercepted by the Investigating Officer when they were in possession of a pistol to kill a person. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that except the said confession, no other material is placed before this court to connect the accused in the crime. 5. This Court perused the entire records and also the statements and heard the arguments. Admittedly, A-1 was in possession of pistol and A-2, who accompanied him on a scooter. Only on the basis of confession made by other accused, petitioners are arrayed as accused for an offence under Section 25(1)(a) of the Arms Act and 120(B) of IPC. There is no material placed by the prosecution to connect the petitioners herein with the crime. Hence, the proceedings against the petitioners can be quashed. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.725 of 2008 on the file of the VI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. ________________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 16th March 2011, Rns.