THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7604 OF 2009 Dated : 15.12.2009 Between : T.Chandrasekhar & another ….. Petitioners/A.1 & A.2 a n d The State of A.P. & another ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7604 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. by the petitioners/A.1 and A.2 seeking to quash the proceedings in S.C.No.133 of 2008 on the file of X Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Malkajgiri, Ranga Reddy District, for the offence punishable under Section 506 IPC and Section 3 (1) (x) (xv) of SC & ST (POA) Act, 1989, arising out of crime No.346 of 2007 of Malkajgiri Police Station. 2) Heard. 3) The Sessions case is of the year 2008 and the petition seeking to quash the proceedings is filed in the year 2009. Hence, without going into merits of the case, this petition is liable to be dismissed as in case there is no prima facie material against the petitioners, they ought to have approached this Court at the initial stage itself and the petitioners might have filed this petition in order to delay the disposal of main case. 4) Therefore, the criminal petition is dismissed. However, the petitioners can take all the pleas available to them under law before the Trial Court. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 15th December, 2009 SUR