Smt. Akhterunnisa Begum v. Smt. Tahseen Ayesha

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10084 of 2018 ORDER:

This petition is filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.191 of 2018 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 406 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, against petitioners/A2 to A4.

Learned counsel for the petitioners requested the Court to dispense with the appearance of the petitioners by exercising power under Section 205 Cr.P.C or under Rule 37 of the Criminal Rules of Practice. But this Court cannot exercise power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to pass order under Section 205 Cr.P.C or under Rule 37 of the Criminal Rules of Practice. Therefore, liberty is given to the petitioners to file appropriate application before the Magistrate concerned.

In the result, the criminal petition is disposed of giving liberty to the petitioners to file appropriate application before the Magistrate concerned and on filing such application after serving notice on the other side, the Magistrate is directed to dispose of the said application in accordance with law.

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

___________________________________ JUSTICE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY 24.09.2018 kvrm