P.Pandu Ranga Rao v. State,

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE U. DURGA PRASAD RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4815 of 2013 ORDER :

This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. by petitioners/A1 and A2, seeking quashment of proceedings in Crime No.60 of 2013 of Peddemul Police Station, in which, they are charged for the offences under Section 506 of IPC and Section 3(i) (x) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (POA) Act, 1989. 2.

When the matter came up for hearing, learned Public Prosecutor produced the copy of charge sheet and submitted that in this matter, Police, after investigation, filed charge sheet before the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate, Tandur and in view of the same, the criminal petition, which is filed for quashment of the F.I.R., is not maintainable.

3. Learned counsel for petitioners endorsed on the case file seeking permission to withdraw the criminal petition with liberty to challenge the charge sheet.

4. In view of the fact that charge sheet is already filed, the present petition, which is filed seeking to quash the F.I.R. in Crime No.60 of 2013 of Peddemul Police Station, became infructuous. 5.

Accordingly, this criminal petition is dismissed as infructuous, with liberty to the petitioners/A1 and A2 to challenge the charge sheet by appropriate application, if they are so advised. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.

__________________________ U. DURGA PRASAD RAO, J 23rd June 2016 ajr