THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10605 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners/A-2 to A-4 approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.2959 of 2008 on the file of the I-Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam. Heard. Learned counsel for the petitioners, while not pressing for the main prayer, confined his arguments to dispense with the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court and to direct the learned Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam, to dispose of C.C.No.2959 of 2008 pending on his file, within a specified period. Perused the entire material on record. The offences alleged against the petitioners are punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Since the complaint reveals prima facie allegations against the petitioners, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the trial. In any event, since the allegations leveled against the petitioners arose out of matrimonial disputes 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. Further, the learned Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam, is directed to dispose of C.C.No.2959 of 2008 pending on his file, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three months from today. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 02.11.2011 v v