THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5776 of 2009 ORDER: Petitioners approached this Court invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.175 of 2003 on the file of the IV Additional Munsif Magistrate, Guntur, whereby they are facing trial for the offence punishable under Section 18(a)(i) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. This court perused the record and heard the arguments. Learned counsel for the petitioners after arguing for some time, by withdrawing the main prayer confined his arguments to the extent of dispensation of the presence of the petitioners before the court below. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, as the charge sheet reveals some allegations against the petitioners, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the trial. The matter is pending since 2009 without any stay. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. However, considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the presence of the petitioners before the court below is hereby dispensed with except the dates on which the learned Magistrate insists for the same and they shall properly be represented through their counsel. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 15th December 2011 Rns