THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2823 OF 2011 DATED 29th MARCH, 2011. BETWEEN : M.Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy & others .. Petitioners-Accused and 1) The State of A.P. 2) S.I. of Police ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2823 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the F.I.R. in crime No.164 of 2011 of I Town Police Station (L&O), Vijayawada City, Krishna District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 3 and 4 of Gaming Act. Heard. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the matter is still in F.I.R. stage and in spite of the same the learned Magistrate is insisting for personal appearance of the petitioners before the Court. This Court is of the view that there is no necessity for personal appearance of the petitioners-accused before the concerned Court prior to filing of charge sheet. Hence, the presence of the petitioners-accused before the Court where F.I.R. is pending is dispensed with and the petitioners shall appear before the said Court after receipt of summons. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 29.03.2011 sur