High Court for State of TelanganaCRLP/4163/2019disposed of no costs

Gonaboina Bhanu Prasad v. The State Of Telangana And Another

2019-07-19G Sri Devi2 pages

HONOURABLE JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No. 4163 OF 2019 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'Cr.P.C.') is filed by the petitioner - accused viz., Gonaboina Bhanu Prasad seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C. No.780 of 2016 on the file of the learned XIX Metropolitan Magistrate, Kukatpally, Miyapur.

2. Charge sheet came to be filed against the petitioner for the offences punishable under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Sections 4 and 5 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, in Crime No.506 of 2012 dated 27.09.2012 of Sanath Nagar Police Station, Cyberabad District.

3. Though the present criminal petition is filed seeking to quash the entire proceedings, learned counsel for the petitioner restricts the prayer seeking to dispense with the presence of the petitioner before the trial Court on every date of adjournment.

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

5. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, personal appearance of the petitioner in C.C. No.780 of 2016 on the file of the learned XIX Metropolitan Magistrate, Kukatpally, Miyapur,

is hereby dispensed with except on the dates when his presence is specifically required by the trial Court.

6. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of.

As a sequel thereto, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the Criminal Petition stand closed.

____________________ JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI July 19, 2019.