N.V.S. Satyanarayana v. The Drugs Inspector And 4 Others

THE HON'BLE JUSTICE G.SRI DEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.8303 of 2019 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner/accused No.2 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.625 of 2018 on the file of the learned II Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Khammam.

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State and perused the record. 3.

Though the petitioner has raised several grounds to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid case, learned counsel for the petitioner requested this Court to dispense with the appearance of the petitioner in the aforesaid case before the trial Court. 4.

Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that since the identity of the petitioner is not in dispute, his presence in the above case may not be necessary on every date of adjournment. 5.

In view of the aforesaid submissions, the appearance of the petitioner/accused No.2 in C.C.No.625 of 2018 on the file of the learned II Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Khammam, is dispensed with except on the dates whenever his presence is required by the trial Court and he shall be represented by a counsel. 6.

With the above direction, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. 7.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending in this criminal petition, shall stand dismissed.

__________________ JUSTICE G.SRI DEVI 19th December,2019 dr