THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRL.PETITION No.13170 OF 2010 ORDER: 1 Petitioners herein filed this petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the proceedings initiated by the Sub Divisional Magistrate and Revenue Divisional Officer Kovvur in M.C.No.1 of 2010 under section 107 of Cr.P.C. 2 A perusal of the said proceedings clearly shows that the said proceedings are initiated on 26.04.2010 and according to Section 116(6) of Cr.P.C. the enquiry under this section shall be completed within six months from the date of its commencement and if such enquiry is not so completed, the proceedings shall, on the expiry of the said period, stand terminated automatically after the expiry of the said period. 3 Here in this case the said proceedings are initiated on 26.04.2010 and the same are still continuing, which is contrary to the purport of Section 116(6) of Cr.P.C. and hence the same is nothing but abuse of process of the court and accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed at the stage of admission and the proceedings in Cr.No.40 of 2010 initiated by the Sub Divisional Magistrate and Revenue Divisional Officer, Kovvur against the petitioners herein under section 107 of Cr.P.C. are hereby quashed. ___________ Sri T.G.K, J. 29th December 2010 Kvsn