M/S. Aurobindo Group Companies v. State

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5948 OF 2016 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 by the petitioners/A-3 & A-7 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.8 of 2012 on the file of the Principal Special Judge for C.B.I. Cases at Hyderabad.

2. Heard and perused the material available on record.

3. The offences alleged against the petitioners are punishable under Sections 120-B read with 420, 409, 468 and 471 I.P.C. and Sections 11, 12 and 13(2) read with 13(1)(c)&(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1989.

4. Admittedly, after duly investigating into the complaint lodged by the de facto complainant, the police filed charge sheet against the petitioners.

A reading of the charge sheet also reveals some allegations against the petitioners, truth of which can be ascertained only after due trial. Hence, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the proceedings against the petitioners.

5. After arguing for sometime, learned counsel for the petitioners while not pressing for the main prayer, confined his arguments only to the extent of dispensing with the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and in view of the submission of the learned counsel, the presence of petitioners/A-3 and A-7 before the trial Court is dispensed with except on the dates on which the learned Magistrate insists for their appearance. The petitioners shall be properly represented through

their counsel before the trial Court.

7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. _________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 22.4.2016 AMD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO

CRIMINAL PETITION No.5948 OF 2016 Date: 22.4.2016 AMD