Shahida Begum And 2 Others v. The State Of Telangana And Another

HON'BLE JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.331 of 2020 ORDER :

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of the Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.614 of 2015 on the file of the XIII Addl.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Mahila Court, Hyderabad.

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The 2nd respondent herein filed a private complaint against the petitioners herein-A2 to A4 and her husband (A1) for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 506, 406 and 420 IPC and 3 and 4 of D.P. Act. 3.

Though the present Criminal Petition is filed seeking quashing of entire proceedings against the petitioners, learned counsel for the petitioners restricts his prayer seeking dispensation of the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court on every date of adjournment. 4.

The learned Public Prosecutor submits that since the identity of the petitioners is not in dispute, their presence in the above C.C. may not be necessary on every date of adjournment.

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Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the personal appearance of the petitioners/A2 to A4 in C.C.No.614 of 2015 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Mahila Court, Hyderabad, is hereby dispensed with while permitting them to mark their

appearance through their counsel, except on the dates when their presence is specifically required by the said Court. 6.

With the above direction, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

_______________________ JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI DATED: 10.01.2020.

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