IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE : PRESENT: THE HON`BLE MR. JUSTICE: P. LAKSHMANA REDDY CRIMINAL APPEAL NO : 546 OF 2001 (Criminal Appeal filed under Section 378 (3) & (1) OF Cr. P.C. against the Judgment dated: 11-09-2000 passed in C.C No. 229 of 1996 on the file of the Court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kothapeta, East Godavari District) Between: The Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. .... Appellant AND Kandregula Sreenivasa Rao, S/o. Kondayya, Settibalija, Driver of Allwyn Van Beaing No. K.D.E. 8523, P. Gannavaram. .....Respondent Whereas the Court upon perusing the Appeal and grounds filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of the Public Prosecutor for the appellant, observed that no at the time of hearing of the appeal, the lower Court record is perused and found that the depositions of the witnesses are in the hand writing of the Officer, which are not legible and that the Court below did not send the typed copies of the depositions along with the record; And whereas the Court while directing the Registry to send back the record to the trial Court to enable it to prepare the typed copies and forward the same to this Court immediately further directed to call for explanation from the concerned as to why the typed copies of the depositions were not sent to the appellate court along with the record; Therefore you viz; The Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kothapeta, East Godavari District are hereby directed to send your explanation to this Court within four weeks as to why the typed copies of the depositions were not sent to the appellate court along with the record. SD/- T. LAKSHMI HEMALATHA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // FOR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kothapeta, East Godavari District. (BY RPAD with a copy of petition and grounds and depositions of hand writings i.e. the trial Court record) Copy to 2. The Registrar (Vigilance), High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (for kind perusal) 3. The Section Officer, Criminal Section, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 4. The Section Officer, VR. Section, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 5. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. (OUT) 6. One spare copy. Ksv HIGH COURT PLRJ DATE: 14-12-2005 NOTE: POST AFTER FOUR WEEKS ORDER CRLA. No. 546 of 2001 EXPLANATION FROM THE TRIAL COURT