THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.147 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Revision Case is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in C.C.No.45 of 2019, on the file of the learned I Additional District Judge, Ranga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad, and consequently to set aside the order dated 16.12.2024 passed in Crl.M.P.No.1136 of 2024 in the said case. The proceedings were registered for offences punishable under Sections 406, 420, and 506 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘IPC’), Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishments Act (APPDFEA), and Sections 4 and 5 of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act (PC and MCSBA).

2. The brief facts of the case are that in C.C.No.45 of 2019, accused Nos.6 to 9 filed an application under Section 227 of Cr.P.C. seeking discharge, contending that there is no material against them and the dispute is civil in nature. The case of the prosecution alleges that accused No.1 conducted unauthorized chit fund and finance business, collecting deposits from the public without permission, and misappropriated nearly R