HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY
CRIMINAL PETITION No.8678 OF 2023
ORDER:
This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure (for short 'Cr.P.C.') by the petitioners/accused Nos.2 and 3 to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.140 of 2017 on the file of the learned Junior Civil Judge (Excise), Karimnagar District, registered for the offence under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri S.Ganesh, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1 - State. Perused the record.
3. Though the present petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in C.C. No.140 of 2017, during the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioners confined his prayer to the extent of dispensing with the personal appearance of the petitioners/accused Nos.2 and 3 before the trial Court. 2
4. Taking into consideration the fact that only general and omnibus allegations are leveled against the petitioners/accused Nos.2 and 3, who are the parents of petitioner/accused No.1, the appearance/attendance of the petitioners/accused Nos.2 and 3 before the learned Junior Civil Judge (Excise), Karimnagar District, in C.C. No.140 of 2017, is dispensed with, unless their presence is required by the trial Court for a specific purpose or at the time of recording their examination under Section 313 Cr.P.C. and on the date of pronouncement of judgment. No such relief is given so far as petitioner/accused No.1 is concerned.
5. Further, the petitioners/accused Nos.2 and 3 are at liberty to file an application before the trial Court seeking their discharge. On such application being filed, the trial Court shall dispose of the same on merits within three weeks from the date of filing of the said petition, without being influenced by any of the observations made by this Court and as the C.C is of the year 2017, the trial Court is directed to dispose of the main case within six months from the date of copy of this order.
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6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of.
Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.
__________________________________ G.ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY, J Date: 08.09.2023 dgr 4 HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8678 OF 2023 Date: 08.09.2023 dgr