IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO : 6991 of 2009 Between: Smt. Jaladi Nagaraja Kumari, W/o Nageswara Rao, R/o Plot No.13, Sri Manikanta Sadan, Kundula Road, Brundavan Gardens, Guntur. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 2 Mr. Kilaru Ranga Rao, S/o Seshaiah, R/o K.Rajupalem Village, Ballikurava Mandal, Prakasam Dist. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Section ____ of Crl.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed therewith, the High Court will be pleased toto quash the charge-sheet in C.C.No.141 of 2004 on the file of the Court of the Hon'ble Addl. Munsif Magistrate, Addanki, Prakasam Dist. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Mr.SRICHARAN TELAPROLU, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: ORDER THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY Crl.P.No. 6991 of 2009 O r d e r: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri G.Sekhar Reddy, learned counsel appearing for the second respondent and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is a partner in a finance company, which collected money from the complainant and closed down shutters, being a partner, she is prosecuted along with other partners. Such being the case, it cannot be said that there is no prima facie case against the petitioner. 3. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the promissory note concerned in this case was signed by other partners and not by the present petitioner. But, that would not absolve the present petitioner, a partner in the business from her liability. In the circumstances, there is no question of quashing the proceedings pending against her. 4. The petition is dismissed. _______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. November 20, 2009. *BVS