THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.8680 OF 2009 O R D E R: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 3 under Section 482 Cr.P.C seeking to quash Crime No.148 of 2009 on the file of Kadapa-I Town Police Station, Kadapa. The allegation against the petitioners, who are the Office bearers like bishop, treasurer and cosignatory of Rayalaseema Diocese, is that they misappropriated huge amounts running into several lakhs of rupees. The contention of the learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioners is that all the amounts are accounted for. The contention of the learned counsel for the second respondent is that the amounts were transferred to the personal account of the treasurer and were misappropriated. There is no dispute about the amount being transferred to the personal account of the treasurer. Thus, there is every possibility of the amount being misappropriated as alleged and the auditor’s report filed by the second respondent shows that for several lakhs of rupees, there were no supporting bills. However, the conclusions in the auditor’s report are that the accounts give the information required by the Church of South India, Diocese of Rayalaseema in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, which itself creates some suspicion about the auditor’s statement. It is also reported by the learned Public Prosecutor that according to the investigation, there is misappropriation of more than 79 lakhs of rupees apart from misappropriation of money by sale of properties worth crores of rupees by the petitioners. Considering the circumstances, it is not at all a fit case for quashing at this stage. The Criminal Petition is, therefore, dismissed. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J Dated 12th November, 2009 vrn