IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7821 OF 2009 Between: 1. Moturu Nagendra Kumar 2. Parameswar 3. Seelam babu Rao 4. Tirupaul ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.1 to 4 AND Mulpuri Vijayalakshmi & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7821 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners, accused Nos.1 to 4 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C. No.137 of 2004 on the file of IV Metropolitan Magistrate, Guntur, filed by the complainant Mulpuri Vijayalakshmi, respondent No.1 herein for the offences under Sections 448, 384, 506 and 509 read with 34 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. The C.C. is of 2004 and the petitioners filed this petition for quashing the same now in 2009. In case there is no prima facie case against the petitioners, they ought to have approached this Court initially itself. 4. Therefore, without going into the merits of the case, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the admission stage itself. 5. However, in view of the fact that C.C. is of 2004, the trial Court is directed to dispose of the same within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 8, 2009. PV