THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1157 OF 2010 ORDER : This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. by the petitioners-A.1 to A.7 seeking to quash proceedings against them in C.C.No.77 of 2005 on the file of the Additional Munsif Magistrate Court, Kandukur, Prakasam District, for the offence punishable under Sections 498A IPC and Section 4 of D.P. Act. 2) Heard. 3) The Calendar Case is of the year 2005 and the petition seeking to quash the proceedings is filed in the year 2010. Hence, without going into merits of the case, this petition is liable to be dismissed, as in case there is no prima facie material against the petitioners, they ought to have approached this Court at the initial stage itself. The petitioners might have filed this petition in order to delay the disposal of main case. 4) Accordingly, the criminal petition is dismissed. However, as the Calendar Case is of the year 2005 and the witnesses cited are only seven in number, the trial Court is directed to dispose of the said C.C. within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. In case, the complainant or the prosecution fail to produce the witnesses within above time, the prosecution evidence must be closed. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 25th February, 2010. RNS