THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.840 of 2004 JUDGMENT: The petitioner herein was tried by the XI Metropolitan Magistrate, Secunderabad, in C.C.No.2088 of 2000 for the offence punishable under Section 8(b) of A.P. Prohibition Act (for short ‘the Act’). During the course of trial, the prosecution examined P.Ws.1 and 2 and exhibited Exs.P-1 to P-3. The learned Magistrate having analysed the entire evidence by his judgment, dated 28.11.2003, found the petitioner herein-accused guilty of the said offence and accordingly, sentenced him to undergo to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-, in default to undergo simple imprisonment for three months for the offence punishable under Section 8(b) of the Act. The said judgment was questioned by filing Criminal Appeal No.543 of 2003 and the learned Special Judge for the trial of Offences under SCs and STs (POA) Act-cum-VI Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Secunderabad, dismissed the said appeal by her judgment, dated 18.03.2004, while concurring with the said findings of the trial Court. Hence, the petitioner approached this Court and filed this Revision. Learned counsel for the petitioner-accused submitted that the petitioner is ready and willing to get the offence compounded. In view of the said submission, it is not necessary to narrate the facts of the case which led to filing of the charge sheet against the accused by the Prohibition and Excise Police, Balanagar Police Station. At the time of filing the charge sheet against the petitioner-accused in the said crime, the offence punishable under Section 8(b) of the Act was not compoundable. But, subsequently, an amendment was made to the said Act, whereby the said offence is made compoundable. Hence, as the offence punishable under Section 8(b) of the Act is compoundable and as the petitioner-accused is working as a Police constable and now, as he has come forward to get the said offence compounded, this Court is of the view that the petitioner may be permitted to approach the authorities concerned and get the offence compounded. Accordingly, this Criminal Revision Case is disposed of and the petitioner-accused is permitted to approach the authorities concerned to get the offence compounded by filing appropriate application and that, as and when such an application is filed by the petitioner, it is needless to observe that the authorities concerned may compound the offence. ___________________________________ JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA 31st March 2011 DR