THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7746 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 & 2 approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.615 of 2010 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Prathipadu, wherein they are facing trial for the offences punishable under Sections 427, 448 and 506 read with Section 34 IPC. Learned counsel for the petitioners, while not insisting for the main prayer, confined his arguments to dispense with the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court. He further prayed for a direction to the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate, Prathipadu, to dispose of C.C.No.615 of 2010 expeditiously. Considering the nature of the allegations and the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court is dispensed with, except on the dates the learned trial Judge insists for the same and the petitioners shall be properly represented through their counsel before the trial Court. Further, the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate, Prathipadu, is directed to conclude the trial in C.C.No.615 of 2010 within a period of six months from today. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 29.08.2011 v v