THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7237 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in P.W.D.V.C.No.4 of 2011 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Tuni. Heard. Offences alleged against the petitioners are punishable under the provisions of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. The main contention raised by the learned counsel for the petitioners is that the 1st respondent never resided with her mother-in- law/1st petitioner herein in the disputed house and the same was admitted to by the 1st respondent herself before some other Forum. Hence, prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. This court is of the view that the contentions raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner can be raised before the concerned court where the present P.W.D.V.C. is pending and this court cannot conduct an enquiry into those aspects by invoking the provisions of Section 482 Cr.P.C. Hence, this criminal petition is dismissed. In any event, considering the nature of allegations wherein the question of identity of the accused does not arise, the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court is dispensed with, except on the dates the learned trial Judge insists for their presence, and the petitioners shall be properly represented by their counsel before the trial Court. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this criminal petition, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 18.08.2011 v v