Golla Taraka Naga Ramesh Raju, v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.No.6243 of 2016

ORDER

This petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners/A1 to A4 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.45 of 2016 on the file of V Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate Kakinada, registered for the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC r/w. 34 IPC and under Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, against them.

2. It is alleged in the charge sheet that A1, at the instigation of A2 to A4, used to harass his wife i.e., de facto complainant, mentally and physically by demanding additional dowry and also threatened her with dire consequences. Based on the complaint, a case in Cr.No.54 of 2015 under Section 498-A IPC r/w 34 IPC and under Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, was registered against the accused.

3. Since there are certain allegations mentioned in the charge sheet, the matter has to be decided after full fledged trial and therefore, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the impugned proceedings.

4. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioners confined his argument to the extent that the presence of petitioners/A1 to A4 may be dispensed with.

5. Considering the said facts and circumstances of the case, the presence of petitioners/A1 to A4 before the trial Court is dispensed with except on the dates whenever their presence is insisted by the trial Court and they shall be represented by their

counsel.

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

_______________ RAJA ELANGO, J 26th April, 2016 sj