THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2975 OF 2011 DATED 6th APRIL, 2011. BETWEEN : Ch.Umamaheswara Rao & others .. Petitioners and The State of A.P. & another ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2975 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in P.R.C. No.16 of 2010 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kanigiri, Prakasam District. Heard. The main ground raised by the learned counsel for the petitioners is that some motive is pending between the petitioners and the complainant, civil suits are also pending, with a view to withdraw the civil suits, present complaint is lodged and charge sheet also does not disclose any offence. It is further submitted that one of the petitioners working in a place which is 40 kms away from the scene of offence. This Court is of the view that basing on the grounds raised by the petitioners’ counsel, the charge sheet which is filed after due investigation cannot be quashed. However, the petitioners are always at liberty to raise all these grounds before the trial Court at the time of trial. Further, considering the nature of allegations and also the circumstances of the case, the presence of the petitioners before the Committal Court is dispensed with except on the dates the learned Magistrate insists for the same and the petitioners shall be properly represented by their counsel before the Committal Court. With above observations, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions filed in these Criminal Petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 06.04.2011 sur