THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.787 of 2010 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner-A.1 seeking to grant anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.28 of 2010 of Gajuwaka Police Station, Visakhapatnam City, registered for the offence punishable under Section 420 I.P.C. 2) Heard. 3) The allegations against the petitioner are that she and her husband used to run unauthorized chits business, collected amounts from several persons and did not repay the amounts. Further, the petitioner also used to get gold ornaments pledged and thereafter she postponed to return the gold ornaments and after sometime she disappeared by locking her house and thereby cheated several persons and in the meanwhile her husband died. 4) The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner has nothing to do with the alleged business and her husband was doing the business and there are no arrears to be paid in chit business to any one. 5) In view of the serious allegations of running chits unauthorizedly and disappearing thereafter with money, it is not a fit case for granting any relief to the petitioner. 6) Therefore, the criminal petition is dismissed. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 15th February, 2010 SUR