ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner – accused No.3 seeking to quash the proceedings vide Order in Crl.M.P.No.559 of 2023 in C.C.No.1733 of 2024 on the file of the learned Prl. Judicial Junior Civil Judge-cum-XI Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Ranga Reddy District, Rajendra Nagar, RR District (for short the ‘trial Court’).

2. Heard the submissions of Sri M. Pratap Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1 – State.

3. The learned petitioner counsel has submitted that initially a complaint was lodged against the petitioner and the Police after thorough investigation have filed a final report by closing the case, but a protest petition was filed by the de-facto complainant and arrayed the petitioner as accused No.3. Pursuant to the protest petition, the cognizance is taken against accused No.3 which is not proper. He further submitted that there are no grounds in the protest petition to be allowed and just based on the sworn statement of the de-facto complainant, the present case is registered against accused No.3 by the trial Court. The only allegations leveled