THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8188 of 2009 ORDER: The present Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner/A-3 under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to quash the proceedings in Crime No.193 of 2008 on the file of the Police Station, Piduguralla, Guntur District, for the offence under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Evidently, the application is filed by the accused No.3, who is said to have been appraiser, who have given a certificate about the quality of the gold on the basis of a pledge said to have been created and loan was granted and consequently it was found that the gold was not pure. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that there are no mala fides on the part of the petitioner and the accused No.1 was arrested and there is no allegation of collusion between the petitioner and the accused No.1 and, therefore, the proceedings are to be quashed. The fact is not in dispute that the petitioner has given a certificate about the purity of the gold. Therefore, under what circumstances, he has given a false certificate, if it is to be true and if it is a genuine certificate, the petitioner will be established by bona fides but at this stage, it is not a case for quashing of the proceedings. Evidently, the petitioner as an appraiser of the gold has given the certificate about the quality of the gold and it is subsequently found to be not pure. Therefore, there are no grounds to interfere with the investigation and to quash the above proceedings. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ________________________ N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO, J Date: 13-10-2011 MR THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8188 of 2009 DATE: 13-10-2011 MR