The High Court dismissed the criminal petition as infructuous, observing that the underlying case had already been disposed of prior to the filing of the petition, rendering the petition no longer viable.
Petition dismissed as infructuous; pending miscellaneous applications stood closed.
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HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH : AMARAVATI
CHIEF JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI
CRIMINAL PETITION No.14057 OF 2016
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Chandarala Arunasri Durga Narasamma and another.
.. Petitioners
Versus
..Respondents. Counsel for Petitioners : Sri Suresh Kumar Reddy Kalava Counsel for respondent No.1 : Public Prosecutor
Counsel for respondent No.2 : -
ORAL ORDER
Dt: 19.08.2020
This Criminal Petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.327 of 2012 on the file of the Additional Judicial I Class Magistrate, Gudivada.
As per the information available on Case Information System (CIS), the aforesaid case has already been disposed of on 21.10.2016. Therefore, this petition has now rendered infructuous.
Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel, all the pending miscellaneous applications shall stand closed.
J.K. MAHESHWARI, CJ
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THE CHIEF JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI
CRIMINAL PETITION No.14057 OF 2016
Dt: 19.08.2020
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the criminal petition filed to quash proceedings is maintainable when the underlying case has already been disposed of.
Chandarala Arunasri Durga Narasamma and another
The State of A.P.
J.K. MAHESHWARI
As recorded by the court registry
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