IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6743 OF 2009 Between: S. Srinivas Patnaik, S/o. Rama Rao …… Petitioner AND The State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad .....Respondent HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6743 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner S. Srinivas Patnaik, accused No.2, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C. No.11 of 2005 on the file of Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Chodavaram, Visakhapatnam District arising out of Crime No.50 of 2002 of Yelamanchili Town Police Station, Visakhapatnham District registered for the offences punishable under Sections 198, 468 and 471 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. The allegation against the petitioner is of identifying a fake surety. 4. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that identifying a fake surety does not constitute an offence and in support of his contention he relied on a decision of the Supreme Court in HIRA LAL JAIN v. DELHI ADMINISTRATION[1] and a decision of the Bombay High Court in THOMAS JACOB v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[2]. 3. At this stage, I am not inclined to go into the questions raised by the learned counsel as the same can be raised before the trial Court as well and as there is no dispute that the petitioner, who is a practising advocate, has identified the surety in question. The practice of automatically identifying the sureties has to be discouraged as it can lead to serious offenders getting easy bail and thereafter in all probability they would abscond. 4. Thus, there are no grounds to entertain this petition and the same is liable to be dismissed. 5. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the stage of admission itself. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J November 9, 2009. PV [1] AIR 1972 SC 2598 = 1973-SCC-3-398 [2] 2001-ALLMR(CRI)-0-1418