THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA

ORDER:

This criminal petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C. No.3641 of 2022 against the petitioner- accused No.1 on the file of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Nampally, Hyderabad, for the offences under Sections 420, 468 and 471 IPC.

2. Heard Mr.Aashir M Khan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and that he borrowed the vehicle from his friend and that he is not the owner of the vehicle. He further submitted that the petitioner was caught while riding the vehicle without driving licence and without number place. The learned counsel further submitted that all these offences are penal provisions and that the penalties are to be collected by the concerned authorities and that the petitioner has already paid the said fines and therefore, continuation of the criminal proceedings against the petitioner is not proper and hence, prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner. Learned counsel relied upon a decision of the Coordinate Bench of thi