Banavath Lalitha Bai v. The State Of A.P.,

HONOURABLE SRI J USTICE M.S.K . J AISWAL CRIMINAL PETITION No. 14198 of 2016 ORDER:

The criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the proceedings in SC No. 244 of 2013 pending adjudication on the file of learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Gurazala, Guntur District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 306 read with 34 IPC.

Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners/Accused 1 and 2, and learned Additional Public Prosecutor, representing the State.

Having heard the learned Counsel on either side and gone through the material available on record, it is palpable that specific allegations were made in the complaint against the petitioners/Accused 1 and 2. The truth or otherwise of the allegations can only be decided during the course of trial. This Court is not supposed to make a roving enquiry into the allegations made in the charge sheet. I see no ground to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid case at this stage. However, considering the facts and circumstances of the case and as requested by learned counsel for the petitioners, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, directing the Court below to proceed with the trial and dispose of the aforesaid case within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, positively, without seeking further extension of time for the said purpose, and, without insisting for the presence of

petitioners/Accused 1 and 2 for each and every adjournment, unless it feels that their physical presence is necessary for any specific purpose. The Counsel on record shall represent the petitioners/Accused 1 and 2 before the Court below on each and every date of hearing the case.

Miscellaneous petitions pending consideration if any in the Criminal Petition shall stand closed in consequence. No order as to costs.

------------------------------------ JUSTICE M.S.K. JAISWAL DATED 30th September, 2016.

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