THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8972 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners – accused 2 to 6 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.141 of 2002 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Sircilla, Karimnagar District, for the offence punishable under Sections 498-A of IPC and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard both sides. 3. The C.C. is of the year 2002 and the present petition is filed in the year 2009. Hence, without going into the merits, this petition is dismissed as it is filed after seven years of the filing of C.C. In case, there was no prima facie case against the petitioners, they ought to have filed the petition immediately after cognizance was taken. However, as the C.C. is of the year 2002, the trial Court is directed to dispose of the same as expeditiously as possible, treating it as an identified case. ___________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. Date: 02.11.2009. Rns