THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13613 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners-Accused Nos.1 to 3 approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No. 85 of 1997-98 of Prohibition and Excise Station, Nalgonda registered for the offences punishable under Sections 7(a) and 8(b) of A.P. Prohibition Act, 1995. Heard. Record shows that the offence was registered in the year 1998. Even after completion of more than 12 years, the Excise officials did not complete the investigation and did not file any charge sheet. It is a case of illegal possession of black jaggery. In any event, since the period of limitation for filing charge sheet in this crime expired long back, the impugned proceedings are liable to be quashed. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in Crime No. 85 of 1997-98 of Prohibition and Excise Station, Nalgonda are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this criminal petition, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 26.12.2011 CHV