THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION NO.6230 OF 2010 ORDER: 1 Petitioner who is accused in the criminal proceedings initiated against him in Cr.No.58 of 2010 on the file of the Mellacheruvu P.S. Nalgonda District seeks to quash the same. 2 Having regard to the fact that the material found in possession of the petitioner is black Jaggery and Alum and that this Court has already held that the sale, purchase and transportation of black Jaggery and Alum is not an offence punishable under the provisions of the A.P. Excise Act, the continuance of the criminal proceedings against the petitioner is nothing but an abuse of process of Court. The Criminal Petition is accordingly allowed and the criminal proceedings initiated against the petitioner in Cr.No.58 of 2010 on the file of the Mellacheruvu P.S. Nalgonda District are hereby quashed. It is made clear that the petitioner is entitled to get back the seized commodity. -------------- 05.07.2010 Kvsn