ORDER:

This Criminal Petition under Section 482 CrPC is filed by A11 to quash the proceedings in P.R.C.No.35 of 2022 on the file of the Court of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Nandyal.

2. Heard Sri P. Nagendra Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the 1st respondent-State.

3. The case of the prosecution, briefly, is as follows:

In Crime No.208 of 2022, charge sheet has been filed under Sections 147, 148, 364, 302 and 212 IPC read with 149 IPC against A1 to A12 by Nandyal II Town Police Station of Nandyal District. The accusation is that A1 to A8 and A9 on 07.08.2022 at 9 PM, kidnapped the deceased, Guduru Surenderanath, forcibly pushing him into the auto of Shaik Rasool (LW5) and committed murder of the deceased in the outskirts of Nandyal town. The main allegation against the petitioner/A11 is that he harboured the accused No.1 after commission of the offence and thus, he is liable for punishment under Section 212 IPC. Therefore, the petitioner contended that the material on record as against the petitioner does not constitute the offence under Section 212 IPC, and therefore, the proceedings against him are to be