IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1664 OF 2010 Between: Khadurunnisa & another ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.2 & 3 AND The State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1664 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners Khadurunnisa and S. Sharmila Banu, accused Nos.2 & 3 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C. No.653 of 2008 on the file of III Additional District Munsif Magistrate, Tirupathi, arising out of Crime No.182 of 2008 of Alpiri Police Station, Tirupati, Chittoor District, registered for the offence under Section 498- AIPC. 2. Heard. 3. The calendar case is of 2008. Though the allegations against the petitioners are not so serious, at this length of time, I am not inclined to entertain this petition. 4. In the circumstances, it is ordered that presence of the petitioners alone shall be dispensed with during trial by the trial Court on an appropriate application being filed by them and on their being represented properly. Further, the petitioners can take all the pleas raised before this Court before the trial Court. 5. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J February 25, 2010. PV