IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7012 OF 2009 Between: Pidugu Janaki Rama Rao ……Petitioner AND The State of A.P., through Inspector, Range-II, ACB, Vijayawada Range, Vijayawada, Rep. by Special Public Prosecutor for ACB Cases .....Respondent HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7012 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner Pidugu Janaki Rama Rao seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.02/ACB-RCO-VJA/2000 of Anti Corruption Bureau, Range – II, Vijayawada Range, Vijayawada, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption At, 1988 and 120(B) IPC. 2. Heard the learned senior counsel Sri T. Bali Reddy appearing for the petitioner and Sri V. Ravi Kiran Rao, Special Public Prosecutor for ACB Cases. 3. The main contention of the petitioner is that on account of abnormal delay, right of the petitioner under Article 21 of the Constitution of India is violated and that there was no actual loss caused to the Government as the land in dispute was ultimately taken back by the Government and used for social forestry, as such, the case against the petitioner has to be quashed. 4. Without expressing any opinion on merits, I direct the petitioner to approach the trial Court and file a discharge petition and the petitioner would be at liberty to challenge the order passed in the discharge petition, before this Court. 5. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J October 20, 2009. PV