THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8726 of 2009 Dated : 27.10.2009 Between : Ch.Mallikarjuna & others ….. Petitioners a n d The State of A.P. & another ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8726 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioners/Accused Nos.3, 4, 9 and 10 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.2 of 2006 on the file of the Sessions Court, Ananthapuram, for the offence punishable under Section 420 of I.P.C. and Section 5 of A.P Protection of Depositors and Financial Establishment Act, 1999 (for short, the Act). 2) It is pertinent to note that the criminal case is of the year 2006 and the present criminal petition seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings is filed in the year 2009. 3) Hence, without going into the merits of the case, this petition is liable to be dismissed as the petitioners approached this Court belatedly obviously to cause delay in disposal of the criminal case. 4) The learned counsel for the petitioners contended that there is no competence to the trial Court to take cognizance of the case as per the provisions of the Act. 5) In the circumstances, the criminal petition is dismissed directing the trial Court to dispose of C.C.No.2 of 2006 on its file as expeditiously as possible and the petitioners are at liberty to take all the defences taken by them in this criminal petition before the trial Court. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 27th October, 2009 sur