Mutyala Vishnuvardhan v. The State Of Ap.,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION No. 6200 OF 2018 ORDER:

This petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to quash the proceedings in C.C.No. 156 of 2016 on the file of the Court of learned Judicial I Class Magistrate, Gudivada, Krishna District (for short, 'the Court below'), registered for the offences punishable under Section 498-A of IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 2.

After arguing the case for awhile, learned counsel for the petitioners has requested this Court to direct the Court below to follow the procedure laid down by the Apex Court in "Rajesh Sharma Vs. State of U.P.1". 3.

Acceding to the request of learned counsel for the petitioners, without touching the merits of the case, I find that it is a fit case to issue direction to the Court below to follow the procedure laid down by the Apex Court in Rajesh Sharma (supra). Accordingly, the Court below is directed to adhere to the guidelines issued in Rajesh Sharma (supra).

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With the above direction, the criminal petition is disposed of. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, in this criminal petition shall stand closed in consequence.

_____________________________ Date: 18-06-2018.

M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, J.

JSK 1 2017 (2) ALT (Crl.) 393 (SC)