THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4190 of 2008 O R D E R: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-A.3 to quash the proceedings against her in C.C.No.954 of 2007 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 406, 324, 506, 509 and 120-B IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The learned counsel for the petitioner, after arguing for some time, confined his argument only with regard to dispensation of appearance of the petitioner before the trial Court and stated that the petitioner is the sister of husband of the defacto-complainant and she is already married and living in a separate place and that her appearance before the trial Court will cause prejudice to her family life. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Court is of the view that the petitioner’s presence before the trial Court may be dispensed with. Accordingly, the presence of the petitioner before the trial Court is dispensed with except on the dates on which the learned Magistrate insists for the presence of the petitioner herein. Further, the learned Magistrate is directed to conclude the trial as expeditiously as possible. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 25th June, 2010. PNV