Pentam Naveen Babu v. Pentam Usha Rani,Naga Rani

HON'BLE JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.5589 of 2019 O R D E R :

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.545 of 2019 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, pursuant to the complaint dt.17.09.2018. charge sheet came to be filed against the petitioners/A.1 to A.6 for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A of IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

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.

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.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the personal appearance of the petitioners/A.2 to A.6 alone in C.C.No.545 of 2019 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, is hereby

GSD, J Crl.P.No.5589 of 2019 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. However, petitioner No.1/A.1 shall appear before the Court below on every date of adjournment.

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 11.09.2019.

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