IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.6874 OF 2010 Between : Avancha Narasimha Reddy and another. ....PETITIONERS A N D The State of A.P. rep.by P.P. …RESPONDENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.6874 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners seeking to direct the learned XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, to dispose of C.C.No.308 of 2006, within a period of three months. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners who are A.2 and A.4 in the said case, are aged about 65 and 63 years respectively. The said case is pending from the year 2006. The counsel further submitted that in view of the stay granted by this Court, on the basis of the application filed by the present petitioners, the case could not be proceeded further before the trial court until 11.06.2010. 4. In any event, the learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that taking into the consideration the age of the petitioners, necessary direction can be given to the Magistrate. 5. On perusal of the record, this Court is of the view that no prejudice would be caused to the prosecution if a direction is given to the Magistrate. Accordingly, the learned XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, is directed to dispose of C.C.No.308 of 2006, as expeditiously, as possible. 6. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO JULY 27, 2010. YVL