IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.4857 OF 2009 Between: 1. B. Sreenivasulu Raju 2. P. Balasubramanyam Verma 3. C. Harinadha Raju ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.5 to 7 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.4857 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners B. Sreenivasulu Raju, P. Balasubramanyam and C. Harinadha Raju, accused Nos.5 to 7 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C. No.254 of 2009 on the file of II Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tirupathi, Chittoor District, registered for the offences under Sections 498-A IPC and 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. Heard. 3. The petitioners herein are brother and brothers-in-law respectively of the husband of the de facto complainant B. Kavitha, respondent No.2 herein. There are allegations against them though not so serious. Therefore, it is not a fit case for quashing the impugned proceedings against the petitioners. 4. However, considering the facts and circumstances of the case and relationship of the petitioners with the de facto complainant, it is directed that presence of the petitioners alone shall be dispensed with during trial on an application being filed for the same, within a fortnight from today, and on their being properly represented during trial. However, they shall appear before the trial Court at the time of framing charges, their examination under Section 313 Cr.P.C. and judgment. 5. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J February 1, 2010. PV