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A. V. RAVINDRA BABU
Mattaparthi Venkatarao – Appellant
Versus
Tatiparthi Suresh Pradhu – Respondent
ORDER :
This Criminal Revision Case is filed by the petitioner, who is the Prosecution Witness No.1/defacto-complainant in Sessions Case No.286 of 2006, on the file of Assistant Sessions Judge, Narsapuram, West Godavari District, challenging the judgment, dated 12.05.2008, whereunder the Assistant Sessions Judge, Narsapuram, found the accused not guilty of the charges framed against them and acquitted them under Section 235(1) of Code of Criminal Procedure (“Cr.P.C.” for short)
2. The parties to this Criminal Revision Case will hereinafter be referred to as described before the trial Court for the sake of the convenience.
3. The Sessions Case No.286 of 2006 arose out of P.R.C.No.22 of 2006, on the file of Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Narsapuram, which was committed to the Court of Sessions on 18.08.2006 and thereupon it was numbered as Sessions Case and made over to the learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Narsapuram.
4. The case of the prosecution, in brief, according to the averments in the charge sheet in Crime No.69 of 2005 of Narsapuram Town Police Station, is as follows :
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