Telangana High Court
Kota Raja Shekar vs The State Of Telangana on 31 March, 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION No.4617 of 2026
Date:31.03.2026
Between:
Kota Raja Shekar and three others
...petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 4
AND
The State of Telangana,
Rep. by Public Prosecutor,
High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad
For the State of Telangana and another
...respondents
ORDER
This Criminal Petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.156 of 2022, on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, at Bhadrachalam, Bhadradri-Kothagudem District, for the offences under Sections 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
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2. Heard Mr. D. Srinivas Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1.
3. Though the criminal petition was filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.156 of 2022, when this Court expressed a view that all the grounds which are raised by the petitioners are disputed facts and the same have to be decided by the trial Court after full-fledged trial. At this stage, the learned counsel for the petitioners, requested this Court to dispense with the appearance of the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 4 in C.C.No.156 of 2022, on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, at Bhadrachalam, Bhadradri-Kothagudem District, on the ground that the petitioners are eking out their livelihood as petitioner No.1 is a private employee, petitioner No.2 is a housewife, petitioner No.3 is a private employee and petitioner No.4 is a coolie. Hence, it is very difficult for the petitioners to appear on each and every date of adjournment in the trial Court and the matter before the trial Court is not yet riped for trial. As 3 such the learned counsel sought for dispensing with the presence of petitioners before the Trial Court.
4. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor has not opposed the submission made by the learned counsel for petitioners and requested to pass appropriate orders.
5. Taking into consideration the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and also the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the presence of the petitioner Nos.2 to 4/accused Nos.2 to 4 in C.C.No.156 of 2022, on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, at Bhadrachalam, Bhadradri-Kothagudem District, is dispensed with, subject to the condition that the petitioner Nos.2 to 4/accused Nos.2 to 4 shall be represented by their counsel on every date of hearing, unless their presence is specifically required during the course of the trial. In the event of non-appearance of petitioner Nos.2 to 4/accused Nos.2 to 4 on any date so fixed by the trial Court, the trial Court shall be entitled to proceed with the matter in 4 accordance with law. No relief is granted insofar as petitioner No.1/accused No.1 is concerned.
6. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed of.
Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.
____________________________ JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO 31.03.2026 gnp