IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9258 OF 2009 Between: 1. Porika Chinnamma 2. Banoth Indra @ P. Indrani 3. Banoth ARuna 4. Jatoth Anuradha 5. Banoth Chandru ……Petitioners - accused Nos.2 to 6 AND The State of A.P. Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9258 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners, accused Nos.2 to 6, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C. No.305 of 2009 on the file of III Additional Munsif Magistrate, Warangal, arising out of Crime No.144 of 2009 of Geesgonda Police Station, Warangal District registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and 506 IPC and 3, 4 & 5 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. Heard. 3. Petitioner No.1 is mother, petitioner Nos.2 to 4 are sisters of the husband of the de facto complainant and petitioner No.5 is husband of petitioner No.3. Petitioner Nos.2, 4 and 5 are Government employees. 4. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioners is that the petitioners are falsely implicated. 5. A perusal of the record reveals that the allegations against petitioner Nos.2 to 5 are omnibus in nature but it cannot be said that there is no prima facie case, as such, their presence can be dispensed with during trial. 6. Therefore, it is directed that the presence of petitioner Nos.2 to 5 – accused Nos.3 to 6 shall be dispensed with during trial on an application being filed by them for the same before the trial Court, but they shall appear before the trial Court at the time of framing charges, their examination under Section 313 Cr.P.C. and judgment. 7. So far as petitioner No.1 – accused No.2 is concerned no relief is granted to her. 8. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission itself. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J November 6, 2009. PV