Karangi Vasudeva Rao, v. Karangi Naga Varalakshmi,

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3678 OF 2016 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner/R-1 seeking to quash the proceedings in D.V.C.No.11 of 2015 on the file of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Chirala, Prakasam District.

2. Heard and perused the material available on record.

3. Respondent No.1 is the wife of the petitioner. She filed the present complaint against the petitioner and others seeking certain reliefs under the provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

4. After arguing for sometime, learned counsel for the petitioner while not pressing for the main prayer, confined his arguments only to the extent of dispensing with the presence of the petitioner before the trial Court.

5. In view of the same and also considering the nature of allegations wherein the question of identity of the petitioner does not arise, the presence of the petitioner/R-1 is dispensed with before the trial Court except on the dates on which the learned Magistrate insists for his presence. The petitioner shall be properly represented through his counsel before the trial Court.

6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. _________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 17.3.2016 AMD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3678 OF 2016

Date: 17.3.2016 AMD