IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRAPRADESH AT HYDERABAD HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No.4133 of 2009 DATE: 01.10.2010 Between: A.Krishna Reddy and others …… Petitioner And: The State, Government of A.P. rep. by Public Prosecutor and another …..Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No.4133 of 2009 ORDER: Though this petition was filed by three petitioners originally, the petition in so far as the 1st petitioner is concerned, was dismissed as not pressed by order dated 19.06.2009. The 2nd petitioner is brother and the 3rd petitioner is mother of the 1st petitioner who is husband of the 2nd respondent. The 2nd respondent gave report to the Protection Officer, Rangareddy District and thereupon the Protection Officer is stated to have instituted D.V.C.No.2 of 2009 on the file of II Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Lal Bahadur Nagar against the petitioners 1 to 3. In D.V.C, reliefs claimed are protection under Section 18, residential order under Section 19, maintenance order under Section 20 and compensation under Section 22 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (in short, the Act). All the reliefs claimed are purely civil in nature, though the matter is enquired by a criminal Court applying the procedure prescribed by Cr.P.C. Having regard to reliefs claimed under Sections 18, 19 and 22 of the Act, it cannot be said that the petitioners 2 and 3 are not necessary parties to the petition. There is domestic relationship between the petitioners 2 and 3 and the 2nd respondent. I do not find any valid or legal reasons to quash proceedings in D.V.C.No.2 of 2009. 2) In the result, the petition is dismissed. However, the lower Court is directed to dispense with presence of the petitioners 2 and 3 herein who are the respondents 2 and 3 in D.V.C. No.2 of 2009 during enquiry of the case, except on the date of delivery of judgment/order therein. _______________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J October 01, 2010 KSH