IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.859 OF 2008 Between: Smt. Admar Sridevi ……Petitioner – accused AND Smt. Dr. Yermal (D) Vasantha, Advocate & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.859 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner Smt. Admar Sridevi – accused seeking to quash the proceedings against her in C.C. No.465 of 2006 on the file of IV Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kakinada filed by Dr. Yermal (D) Vasantha, Advocate – respondent No.1 herein for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 500 and 506 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. The allegations against the petitioner are of her abusing, beating and threatening the de facto complainant. 4. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that there is lot of previous history and that in a complaint given by the de facto complainant against her husband, petitioner is cited as a witness and as the petitioner turned hostile in that case and for certain other reasons, this complaint is foisted against her. 5. All these questions of facts have to be decided during trial. Further, it cannot be said that, from a reading of the complaint and statement of the de facto complainant, there is no prima facie case against the petitioner as there are specific allegations against her. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner further states that the petitioner is a substantially blind person. 7. In the circumstances, it is directed that the trial Court shall dispense with the presence of the petitioner during trial on an appropriate application being filed by her for the same, except when her presence is required like at the time of framing charges, her examination under Section 313 Cr.P.C. and judgment etc. 8. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the stage of admission itself. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J October 29, 2009. PV