ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, by the petitioner/accused No.5 to quash the proceedings against him C.C.No.2827 of 2018 arising out of Crime No.04 of 1995 on the file of learned I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Warangal District, for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 409, 420, 468, 471, 477 (A) and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (for short “IPC”).

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 18.01.1995, the Joint Director, Social Welfare Department lodged a complaint at CID Police Station, Hyderabad stating that as per the instructions of the Director of Social Welfare, he, along with his staff, surprised the hostels in Warangal District and seized the hostel records and conducted enquiry and found various financial irregularities for the year 1993-94. The complainant cited 50 names in his petition 32 Wardens/ Matrons, five Assistant Social Welfare Officers, Deputy Director, District Social Welfare Officer, Assistant Accounts Officer of Welfare Department, District Treasury Officer, three Sub-Treasury Officers and six Senior Accountants of 32 hostels including the Warden/Accused No.1, Government