THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3238 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners/Accused Nos.11,13,9,12,15,17,10 and 14 approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.709 of 2005 on the file of the Special Judicial First Class Magistrate for Prohibition and Excise Cases, Warangal. Heard. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that in respective Criminal Petition Nos.1783 & 2731 of 2011 filed by A-18 and A-8 in the case, this Court vide orders dated 07.03.2011 and 25.03.2011 quashed the proceedings pending against the petitioners therein i.e., A-18 and A-8. Learned counsel further submitted that since the case of the petitioners herein also stands on same footing as that of A-8 and A-18 in the case, this criminal petition may also be disposed of in terms of the orders dated 07.03.2011 and 25.03.2011 passed in Criminal Petition Nos.1783 & 2731 of 2011. On perusal of the entire material placed on record and the order dated 25.03.2011 passed by this Court in Criminal Petition No.2731 of 2011, which is filed along with material papers, and hearing the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners, this Court is of the view that the case of the petitioners herein stands on same footing as that of A-18 and A-8 in the case, as such, further proceedings against the petitioners herein are liable to be quashed in terms of order 25.03.2011 passed in Criminal Petition No.2731 of 2011. Accordingly, the criminal petition is allowed and the proceedings pending against the petitioners/Accused Nos.11,13,9,12,15,17,10 and 14 in C.C.No.709 of 2005 on the file of the Special Judicial First Class Magistrate for Prohibition and Excise Cases, Warangal, are hereby quashed. The miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the criminal petition shall stand closed. ________________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 21st November, 2011 v v