IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.N.RAO NALLA CRIMINAL PETITION No.6328 of 2010 Between: Mahaveer Chand Jain ..... PETITIONER/ACCUSED And The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad and another .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.N.RAO NALLA CRIMINAL PETITION No.6328 of 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash the proceedings in Cr.No.19 of 2010 of Police Station Begumbazar, Hyderabad District registered for the offences punishable under Sections 384, 420 and 323 of IPC and under Sec.45 of Chit Funds Act. Heard both sides. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submits that he has no instructions. The learned counsel for the petitioner/accused submitted that t h e de facto complainant borrowed hand loan amount from the petitioner/accused and issued a blank cheque and when the cheque was dishonoured, the petitioner/accused filed criminal case against t h e de facto complainant, and as a counterblast, the de facto complainant gave a false complaint and basing on that complaint, the above crime was registered. The learned counsel for the 2nd respondent/de facto complainant submitted across the bar that the alleged criminal case was ended in acquittal. On perusal of the entire material available on record, it is clear that the de facto complainant is a subscriber to the chit being run by the petitioner/accused and he was the successful bidder and at the time of receiving the bid amount, the petitioner/accused is alleged to have collected three blank cheques towards security and even after paying the total instalments also, the petitioner/accused did not return those blank cheques to the de facto complainant and more so, filed false cases against the de facto complainant. The allegations in the F.I.R made out prima facie case against the petitioner/accused. In the circumstances, this Court is not inclined to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in the above referred crime, by invoking the inherent powers under Sec.482 of Cr.P.C The Criminal Petition is accordingly dismissed. Miscellaneous Petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ B.N.RAO NALLA,J Dated: 20.10.2011 Dsr