HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No: 3976 OF 2008 Dated 17-6-2010 Between: Garikapati Ravishanker Maalavadhani and others. …Petitioners. And: The State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad …Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No: 3976 OF 2008 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.1036 of 2007 on the file of the learned XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor. After arguing for some time, the learned counsel for the 2nd petitioner seeks to dispense with the presence of the 2nd petitioner on the ground that he is aged about 71 years and he is not able to move. There is no dispute as to the identification of the 2nd petitioner and also as to his age of 71 years. It is also needless to observe that the case against the 3rd petitioner is already abated. Now the case is proceeded against the petitioners 1 and 2. In the facts and circumstances of the case and in view of the age of the 2nd petitioner being 71 years old, I feel it just and proper to dispense with the presence of the 2nd petitioner except the date on which the learned Magistrate specifically insists upon his presence. However, it is made clear that as far as the 1st petitioner is concerned, he is directed to face the trial. Subject to the above direction, this Criminal Petition is disposed of. __________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated 17-06-2010. Dvs HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No: 3976 OF 2008 Dated 17-06-2010