Kurapati Pratap Kumar And 5 Others v. The State Of Telangana And Another

HONOURABLE JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.5701 of 2019 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.744 of 2017 on the file of I Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate at Kothagudem, pursuant to the complaint dt.21.01.2017.

charge sheet came to be filed against the petitioners/A.1 to A.6 for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A & 506 of IPC and Sections 3 & 4 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.1 to A.6 in C.C.No.744 of 2017 on the file of I Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate at Kothagudem, 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.

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 13.09.2019.

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HONOURABLE JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.5701 of 2019 13.09.2019 ska