THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2764 of 2009 ORDER: Petitioner-Accused approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C.No.432 of 2007 on the file of III Metropolitan Magistrate, L.B. Nagar, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District, whereby the petitioner was arrayed as an accused in Crime no. 190 of 2006 of Uppal Police Station, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District, for the offence under Section 324 IPC. The de facto complainant is an auto driver, the petitioner herein is the Sub-Inspector of Police. Due to some road accident, police registered a case against the petitioner-accused on the basis of the information given by the de facto complainant. The learned counsel for the petitioner preferred this petition challenging the filing of charge sheet against the petitioner-accused under Section 324 IPC on the ground that the witnesses cited by the investigating agency has stated before the departmental enquiry i.e Inspector General of Police, Hyderabad, contrary to the statements given to the police. The said statements stated before the departmental enquiry are totally contrary to the statements recorded by the Investigating Officer in the present case. The learned counsel submitted the statements filed along with the charge sheet and also the statements recorded during the course of enquiry. This Court also perused the statements and further on the basis of the statements adduced by the witnesses before the Enquiry Officer, the Enquiry Officer has exonerated the petitioner herein from the charges and revoked his suspension also. As submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the quality of evidence is required in criminal cases more than that of the evidence adduced in departmental enquiry. Hence, this Court is of the view that the available material and the evidence are not enough to proceed against the petitioner. In view of the said facts and circumstances of the case, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the impugned proceedings in C.C.No.432 of 2007 on the file of III Metropolitan Magistrate, L.B. Nagar, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District initiated against the petitioner-accused are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this criminal petition, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 22.11.2011 CHV