THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.15692 of 2024

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused No.3 in C.C.No.214 of 2022 on the file of the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate at Madhira, Khammam District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 294-B, 420, 468 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’).

2. The brief facts of the case are that the complainant filed a private complaint before the trial Court stating that she was a resident of Stage Pinapaka Village, Wyra Mandal, Khammam District, and resided in House No. 5-110/A. She alleged that accused No.1, who also resided in the same village and was running unauthorized chits for a long time, had developed an intimate relationship with her. According to the complainant, at the request of accused No.1 and under the influence of accused Nos.2 to 4, she was compelled to join two chit schemes operated by accused No.1, each worth Rs.2,50,000/- , in the year 2014. She claimed to have received the chit amount but stated that during the process of repaying it under persistent demands and pressure from accused No.