HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.5200 of 2011 Dated 29.6.2011 Between: K.Ankamaiah @ Ankamma and another. …Petitioners. And: The State of A.P. through S.H.O., Women P.S., CCS, Hyderabad, represented by the Public Prosecutor, High Court, Hyderabad and another. …Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.5200 of 2011 ORDER: Heard the petitioners’ counsel and the Additional Public Prosecutor. 2. It is seen that the petitioners are A.2 to A.6 in C.C.No.347 of 2007 on the file of the Court of 13th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, City Criminal Courts, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3. The offences alleged are those punishable under Section 498 A I.P.C. and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 4. A perusal of the allegations made in the Charge Sheet would disclose offences against these petitioners also. Hence, there are no grounds to entertain this petition. 5. It is however brought to the notice of this Court that the petitioners 1 and 2 are aged people and the counsel says that they have their own age related problems in regularly attending before the trial Court. 6. In these circumstances, the presence of petitioners 1 and 2 alone is dispensed with before the trial Court for very date of hearing and they can be represented by their counsel. It shall be open to the trial Court to summon their presence whenever it considers necessary. 7. So far as other petitioners are concerned, this relief is refused. 8. With the above direction, this Criminal Petition is dismissed at the stage of evidence. _________________________ Justice N.RAVI SHANKAR Dated 29.6.2011. Dvs HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.5200 of 2011 Dated 29.6.2011