JUDGMENT

Cheekati Manavendranath Roy, J. - This criminal petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C is filed seeking quash of FIR in Crime No.51/2022 of Dakkili Police Station of SPSR Nellore District.

2. The petitioners are accused 1 and 2 in the above crime.

3. a case under Section 420 of IPC and under Section 21(4) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) act, 1957 (the MMDR act, for short) was registered against the petitioners in the above crime.

4. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents/State.

5. Briefly stated, it is the case of the prosecution that the 2nd respondent-Sub Inspector of Police of Dakkili Police Station has conducted a vehicle check on 29-4-2022 on receipt of credible information relating to illegal transportation of sand. at that time, he has intercepted one Tipper bearing No.aP39U-5234 and inspected the same. He has verified the documents relating to the said vehicle and also the Way Bill. at that time, he found that excess sand is being transported than the permissible limit. according to the prosecution, the tipper in which the sand was being transported is weighing 10,200 kgs weight whe