THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.11777 OF 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner – accused No.1 seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR No.21/ACB-KNR/2018 on the file of P.S. ACB, Karimnagar, registered for the offences under Section 7(a) of Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018.

2. Heard the submissions of Sri Dr. G. Srinivasulu, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri T. Bala Mohan, learned Standing Counsel for ACB.

3. The learned petitioner counsel has submitted the allegations against the petitioner are absolutely false and the ingredients do not attract the alleged offences. He further submitted that the scheme is not entrusted to the petitioner and that the entire process of the said scheme was completed prior to the trap laid by the ACB and therefore, there is no iota of truth in the allegations leveled against the petitioner. He further relied upon case of K. Shanthamma Vs. State of Telangana, 2022 Online SC 213, wherein it was held by the Apex Court that failure of the prosecution to prove the demand for illegal gratification would be fatal and mere recovery of the amount from the person-

accused of the offence