Kotapati Srinivasulu v. The State Of A.P

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6249 OF 2018 ORDER:

This criminal petition, under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, 'Cr.P.C.'), is filed to quash the proceedings in D.V.C. No.3 of 2018 registered against the petitioners under Section 12 of Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (for short, 'the Act') pending on the file of Judicial Magistrate Of First Class, Koilkuntla, Kurnool District, on various grounds.

The learned counsel for the petitioners, after arguing the matter for a while, requested this Court to dispense with the personal appearance of the petitioners in the above DVC. The parties are not required to appear on every date of adjournment and more or less it is a quasi civil in nature, and this Court in GIDUTHURI KESARI KUMAR AND OTHERS V. STATE OF TELANGANA REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AND ANOTHER1 clarified the legal position directing the Magistrate not to insist the parties on every date of adjournment. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition, shall stand closed.

___________________________________ M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, J Date: 19.06.2018 BV 1 2015(2) ALD (Crl.) 470