THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.2998 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner – accused seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.336 of 2006 on the file of the XII Additional Chief Metropolitan Court, Nampally, Hyderabad, arising out of Crime No.17 of 2006 of West Zone Team, CCS Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 468, 471 & 120(b) IPC read with 34 IPC. 2. Heard both sides. 3. The C.C. is of the year 2006 and the present petition is filed in the year 2009. In case, there was no prima facie case, the petitioner ought to have filed this petition initially. 4. Hence, without going into the merits, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. However, the petitioner is at liberty to take all appropriate pleas before the Court below. ___________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. 16th December 2009 Rns