THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRL.PETITION NO.9777 OF 2010 ORDER: 1 Petitioner who is the 2nd accused in C.C.No.53 of 2009 on the file of the court of the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Bhimavaram, West Godavari District filed this petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C. to quash the said proceedings. 2 When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that when the 1st accused in the said case approached this court and filed Criminal Petition No.1838 of 2007, this court, after detailed hearing, allowed the said application and quashed the proceedings in so far as the 1st accused therein is concerned and according to the learned counsel for the petitioner the petitioner who is 2nd accused in the said case also stands on the very same footing. 3 In the light of the said submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner this court looked into the record. It is a fact that initially the 1st accused in the said case approached this court and filed Crl.P.No.1838 of 2007 and the same was allowed by a learned Judge of this court on 10.06.2010 and the proceedings, in so far as the 1st accused in C.C.No.395 of 2006 is concerned, were quashed. The said C.C.No.395 of 2006 pending on the file of the II Additional Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Bhimavaram was subsequently transferred to the court of the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Bhimavaram and was renumbered as C.C.No.53 of 2009. As the proceedings in so far as the 1st accused are already quashed by this court, this court has no hesitation to come to the conclusion that the proceedings against petitioner herein who also stands on the very same footing can be quashed and this petition can be allowed. 4 Accordingly, this petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.53 of 2009 on the file of the court of the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Bhimavaram are hereby quashed in so far as the petitioner herein is concerned. _____________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 21st December 2010 Kvsn