THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2138 of 2010 ORDER: Petitioner – Accused No. 2 approaches this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings against her in C.C.No.449 of 2009 on the file of the V Additional Junior Civil Judge, Nellore, whereby she is facing charge for the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC. 2. Heard. 3. In this Case, after due investigation police filed charge sheet. Since the allegations in the charge sheet reveals prima facie case against the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to quash the same. 4. After arguing for some time, learned counsel for the petitioner-accused withdrawing the main prayer, confined his arguments requesting the court to dispense with the presence of the petitioner before the court below. 5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and the offence alleged against the petitioner is only under Section 498-A IPC, where the question of identity of the accused does not arise, that too, petitioner being lady, this Court is inclined to dispense with her presence before the trial court. 6. Accordingly, the presence of the petitioner-accused before the trial Court is dispensed with except the dates on which the learned Magistrate insists for her appearance and she shall be properly represented through her counsel. 7. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. The miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. ________________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 9th March 2011, Rns.