IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6844 OF 2009 Between: Ramakrishna Murthy C.V., S/o. Satyanarayana Murthy ……Petitioner – Accused No.3 AND The State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6844 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner Ramakrishna Murthy C.V., accused No.3, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.143 of 2009 of Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B IPC. 2. Heard. 3. The allegation against the petitioner, who is a Senior Manager in Tata Tele Services (Central Services Operations), is of committing mischief along with two others in diverting international calls and thereby causing loss to a tune of about Rs.3.00 Crores and making money in that process. 4. Other accused have filed anticipatory bail applications and the same were dismissed and their petitions for quashing the alleged offences were reported to have been withdrawn. The case of the petitioner is also not different from the other three accused. Hence, I see no grounds to entertain this petition and the same is liable to be dismissed. 5. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 16, 2009. PV