ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (for short ‘the Cr.P.C.’) to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused, in Crime No.52 of 2023 of Shanthi Nagar Police Station, Jogulamba Gadwal District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420 and 409 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘the I.P.C’).

2. Brief facts of the case are that respondent No.2/de facto complainant, who is the District Manager of the Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited, Jogulamba Gadwal District, lodged complaint before the Shanthi Nagar Police, Jogulamba Gadwal District against the petitioner, who is the Proprietor of Surya Traders (Rice Mill), Doudarpally village, Jogulamba Gadwal District, stating that the petitioner has entered into written agreement with Telangana Civil Supplies Corporation wherein it is stated that the Corporation supplies its own stocks of paddy to the petitioner and he shall supply the rice back to the Corporation for the purpose of Public Distribution System. It is stated that the petitioner entered into an agreement with the Civil Supplies Corporation in the year 2021-22 (Rabi season)