HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1182 of 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.1, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No.175 of 2008 of Venkatachala Satram Police Station, SPSR Nellore District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 506 r/w Section 34 IPC. Learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently contended that the allegations made against the petitioner in the complaint do not attract the basic ingredients of Sections 420 and 506 IPC. Prima facie the contention of the petitioner’s counsel is merit acceptance. But, at the same time, in the complaint there are allegations that the petitioner along with other accused threatened the defacto complainant with dire consequences and also threatened to kill him. The learned counsel for the petitioner further contended that as on the alleged date of incident, the petitioner was in Kuwait and he was not present in the scene of occurrence. This Court is of the view that the contentions raised by the petitioner’s counsel have to be appreciated and appraised by the Investigating Agency. In the light of the above, the petitioner is at liberty to inform the Investigating Agency with regard to the absence of the petitioner in India at the time of the alleged incident and to produce the relevant documents in order to enable the Investigating Agency to proceed in the matter in proper course. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. The Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the Criminal Petition shall stand closed. _____________ RAJA ELANGO, J 9th February, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1182 of 2010 (Disposed of) 9th February, 2011 CBS