IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1441 OF 2005 Between: T.V.B.S. Nagaraju, S/o. Late Subba Rao ……Petitioner – accused AND Byra Prasad Rao & another …… Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1441 OF 2005 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner T.V.B.S. Naga Raju, accused, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C. No.396 of 2003 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Chilakaluripet, filed by the complainant Byra Prasad Rao, respondent No.1 herein, for the offence punishable under Section 500 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. It is reported that the complainant Byra Prasad Rao, respondent No.1 herein, is no more. 4. Therefore, this Criminal Petition is dismissed as abated. However, in case, someone else enters the shoes of the complainant, the petitioner is at liberty to file a fresh petition for quashing the complaint. __________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J November 13, 2009 PV