Chikka Nagamuneswara Rao, v. State Of Andhra Pradesh

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.SHANKAR NARAYANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.2795 of 2017 ORDER:

The present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, 'the Code') is filed to quash the proceedings in Domestic Violence Case No.3 of 2015 on the file of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Razole, East Godavari District.

The petitioners herein are arrayed as respondent Nos.2 to 5 in the aforesaid D.V.C. The husband of the de facto complainant/2nd respondent herein is not a party to the present petition. The 2nd respondent herein filed an application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (for short, 'the Act') before the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Razole, seeking the relief under Section 20 (1) (a) of the Act and certain other reliefs, and the same was assigned D.V.C.No.3 of 2015. Admittedly, it is not a case requesting to quash any of the orders passed under Section 31 of the Act.

In Gaddameedi Nagamani v. State of Telangana1 and Giduthuri Kesari Kumar v. State of Telangana2, this Court has succinctly held that in a petition under Section 482 of the Code, the request for quashment of the proceedings in D.V.C cannot be entertained.

1 2015 (2) ALD (Crl.) 764 (A.P.) 2 2015 (2) ALD (Crl.) 470 (A.P.)

Since the learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the 1st respondent in the aforesaid D.V.C, who is the husband of the de facto complainant, is attending the Court where the D.V.C is pending, the presence of the petitioners 1 to 4/respondents 2 to 5 in the D.V.C is exempted directing the 1st respondent in the D.V.C to appear on their behalf also and also directing the petitioners herein to appear before the Court below as and when the learned Magistrate directs them to appear, if their presence is necessary. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, at the admission stage itself.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the Criminal Petition stand closed.

__________________________ A.SHANKAR NARAYANA, J Date: 10.04.2017 v v