IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRAPRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.3950 OF 2011 DATE:10.06.2011 Between: Boddeda Apparao and another .... Petitioners And: The State of A.p., rep. By PP and another ....Respondents. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.3950 OF 2011 ORDER: This petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.68 of 2004 on the file of the Additional Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Anakapalle, Visakhapatnam District. The offences alleged are those punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The petitioners are A.2 and A.3 and they are said to be the parents-in-law of the defacto-complainant. A perusal of the allegations in the charge sheet would show that they do disclose offensces and there are no grounds to interfere. Accordingly, there is no ground to admit this petition. It is, however, represented that both the petitioners aged about 71 and 65 years and they cannot attend the court on every date of hearing because of their health problems. In the circumstances, their presence before the trial court for every date of hearing is dispensed with and they are permitted to be represented by their counsel. It shall be open to the trial court to summon the petitioners 1 and 2 as and when their presence is required by it. With the above direction, the criminal petition is dismissed. ______________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR,J Date: 10.06.2011. Gk. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.3950 OF 2011 DATE:10.06.2011 Gk.