IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.6646 OF 2010 Between: M.Stalin Kumar … PETITIONER And The State of A.P. and another. …RESPONDENTS This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUpSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6646 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short “Cr.P.C.) is filed by the petitioner seeking to quash the proceedings in First Information Report No.74 of 2007 dated 17.04.2007 of Marredpalli Police Station, Secunderabad. The point for consideration before this Court is that the said complaint was registered in Crime No.74 of 2007 dated 17.04.2007 for the offences punishable under Sections 506, 507 and 509 IPC and the punishment prescribed for the alleged offences is maximum two years. Hence, even if the charge sheet is filed now, it will be barred under Section 468 Cr.P.C. and the Court is not prepared to take cognisance upon filing of charge sheet. Learned Public Prosecutor also submitted that no charge sheet is filed till date and the case is still under investigation. This Court is of the view that, the penency of the present First Information Report No.74 of 2007 dated 17.04.2007 of Marredpalli Police Station, is nothing but abuse of process of law. In view of the same, the present complaint in Crime No.74 of 2007 dated 17.04.2007of Marredpalli, against the petitioner herein is hereby quashed. _________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO AUGUST 02, 2010 YVL