IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN Present HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B. CHANDRA KUMAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.5751 of 2010 Between: Gardasu Raju Sekhar .. Petitioner AND The State of A.P. .. Respondent The Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B. CHANDRA KUMAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.5751 of 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, to quash the proceedings in Crime No.985 of 2009/10, on the file of Excise Police Station, Nalgonda, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 34 (a), 34 (g), 35, 37 (A) of the A.P. Excise Act, 1968 and Rule 5 and 9 of A.P. Denatured Spirits and Denatured Spiritous Preparations Rules. 2. Heard. 3. The FIR and the remand report of A-1 to A-5 reveal that on reliable information on 24.03.2010 at about 5.30 p.m., the Prohibition and Excise Inspector, Station House Officer, Nalgonda, and the staff proceeded to Fouji Panjabi Daba, N.H.9 Road, between Narkatpally and Chityal Villages of Nalgonda District and found one Methonol Tanker bearing No.AP-31-Y- 4999 and found A-1 to A-5 and they seized the tanker. 4. This criminal petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No.985 of 2009/10 on the ground that the petitioner’s name is not mentioned in the first information report. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that even at the time of the remand also, the petitioner’s name is not mentioned in the remand report. 6. However, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that during the course of investigation, after recording the statements of the witnesses, the role played by the petitioner came to light and the other accused were only his employees. 7. In the above circumstances, I am of the view that there is no need to quash the FIR in Crime No.985 of 2009/10. 8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ____________________ B. CHANDRA KUMAR, J Date: 10th November, 2011 KL HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B. CHANDRA KUMAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.5751 of 2010 Date: 10th November, 2011 KL