(Criminal Revision Case under Section 397 R/W.401 of Crl.P.C. against the judgment in Crl.M.P.No.1521/06 in C.C.No.102/06 dated 11-12-2006 on the file of the Court of the III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada).

This Criminal Revision Case is filed by A.2 in C.C.No.102 of 2006 on the file of III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada against the order of the learned Magistrate in Crl.M.P.No.1521 of 2006, filed by the State requesting to frame additional charges for the offences punishable under Sections 419 and 420 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’).

2. A crime was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 416, 468 and 471 IPC. The Investigating Officer, after completion of the investigation, filed charge sheet for the offences punishable under Sections 468, 471, 419 and 420 IPC. But, the learned magistrate framed charges against the accused only for the offences punishable under Sections 468 and 471 IPC instead of framing charges for all the offences.

3. The allegation is that A.1, the Manager and A.2 to A.4, the employees of a firm, resorted to adopt corrupt practices to evade commercial and ot