HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7870 OF 2010 Dated : 25.08.2010 Between : Divi Sangameswara Rao … Petitioner-A.1 A n d The State of A.P. & another … Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7870 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner-A.1 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.842 of 2007 on the file of the II Additional Munsif Magistrate, Ongole, arising out of Crime No.316 of 2006 of I Town Police Station, Ongole, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498A, 323 and 506 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. After arguing for some time, the learned counsel for the petitioner by not pressing main prayer requested this Court to dispense with the appearance of the petitioner before the trial Court. He also submitted that after lodging the present complaint, the de facto complainant married another person and living in a different place. She is also not appearing before the trial Court for the purpose of trial. Considering these circumstances, the learned Magistrate is directed to conclude the trial within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order by taking coercive steps to examine the de facto complainant. Further, in view of the nature of allegations wherein the question of identity of the accused does not arise, the appearance of the petitioner-A.1 is dispensed with during the trial except on the dates the trial Judge insists for the same. With above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 25.08.2010 sur