THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8227 OF 2022

ORDER

This criminal petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.558 of 2019 on the file of Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate (PCR) at Karimanagar for the offence under Sections 171-E, 188 of Indian Penal Code (‘IPC’ for brevity).

2. Heard Sri V.Aravind, learned counsel, representing Sri Sridhar Chikyala, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri M.Vivekananda Reddy, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent-State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have not committed any offence and they were falsely implicated in the present crime. Even according to the complaint and the charge sheet there are no allegations against them to attract ingredients for the offences under Section 171-E, 188 of IPC. He further submitted that the petitioners were not present at the scene of offence.

3.1. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that there is no abetment and there is no gratification by the petitioners to any person including voter with the object of inducing him to exercise any electoral vote in favor of anybody. The said aspects were n