THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6821 of 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., is filed seeking to quash the Crime No.35 of 2010 on the file of the Women Police Station, Karimnagar District, which was registered against the petitioners for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 506 IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the learned Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Karimnagar, is insisting for the appearance of the petitioners before the Court even prior to the filing of the charge sheet in the said crime. The learned Magistrate has no jurisdiction to call or insist the petitioners herein to be present before the Court even before taking cognizance of the offences against them or otherwise, till the filing of the charge sheet. Hence, the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Karimnagar, is directed not to insist the presence of the petitioners before the Court till the filing of the charge sheet in the said crime. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 16th August 2010 dr