Smt. Kosuri Padmaja, v. The State Of A.P.,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION No.11476 of 2016 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking a direction to the IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam, to dispose of Crl.M.P.No.2469 of 2013 in D.V.C.No.3 of 2013 pending on the file of the said Court. 2.

A perusal of the record would reveal that the petitioners filed the said petition before the Court below under Rule 39 of the A.P.Criminal Rules of Practice and Circular Orders, along with Domestic Violence Case, seeking various reliefs. But it appears that the Court below did not take up the said petition for hearing. Since the petition is filed for grant of interim maintenance, said petition cannot be kept pending for a long period, since it would effect the right of the petitioners to claim maintenance, in case the petition is not decided, the petitioners would be put to serious inconvenience, i.e., for maintaining themselves during the pendency of the petition. In view of the above, I find it a fit case to direct the Court below to decide the said petition expeditiously.

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Accordingly, the IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam, is directed to dispose of Crl.M.P.No.2469 of 2013 in D.V.C.No.3 of 2013 pending on its file, as expeditiously as possible,

but not later than three (03) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

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With the above direction, this Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed.

_________________________ M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J 09th November, 2016 Bvv