N THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD CRIMINAL PETITION No.5788 of 2009 Between: Padiri Raviteja (Local Contractor), S/o. P.Sankar Reddy, Aged aout 23 years, R/o. D.No.13-45, Union Bank Upstairs, Poranki, Vijayawada Rural Mandal, Krishna District …Petitioner / Accused AND The State of A.P., Rep. By Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. and another. …Respondents / Complainant THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD CRIMINAL PETITION No.5788 of 2009 ORDER : Heard Sri G.Subbarao, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri A.Ramesh, learned counsel representing learned Public Prosecutor for both the respondents. 2) The petitioner is the 1st accused in C.C. No.273 of 2007 on the file of the III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada, facing prosecution for the offences punishable under Sections 188, 290 and 336 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3) The learned counsel for the petitioner brought to notice that in Criminal Petition No.5137 of 2007 decided on 04.12.2007, further proceedings against the 2nd accused have been quashed for the reasons specified in the said order and it is seen from the order that the same applies with equal force to the present petitioner also. Without replicating the grounds on which the learned Judge had quashed the proceedings against the 2nd accused, the 1st accused also should get the same relief and the criminal petition should succeed. 4) Accordingly, the further proceedings in C.C. No.273 of 2007 on the file of the III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada are quashed against the petitioner and the Criminal Petition is allowed. __________________ G. BHAVANI PRASAD, J September 17, 2009 KSH