THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13322 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioners-accused filed the present Criminal Petition with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in D.V.C.No.18 of 2011 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class (Excise), Nalgonda, for the offence punishable under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. 2. After arguing for some time, learned counsel for the petitioners has confined his arguments to the extent of dispensation of the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court. 3. Considering the submission of the learned counsel and in view of the nature of the allegations made against the petitioners, the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court is dispensed with except on the dates on which the learned Magistrate insists for the same and the petitioners shall be properly represented by their counsel before the trial Court. 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO,J 20th December, 2011 Tsy