IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY THE TWENTYFIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 7174 OF 2010. Between: Sri Vaddadi Ramana & Anr. … Petitioner V/s. The State of Andhra Pradesh Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP Hyderabad & Anr. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner¨: Sri T.D. Phani Kumar Counsel for the first respondent: Public Prosecutor THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 7174 OF 2010. O R D E R: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners under section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings against them in DVC.No. 10 of 2010 on the file of the Court of II-Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam and to pass such other suitable orders as this Court may deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor for the respondents. 3. After arguing the matter for some time, the learned counsel for the petitioner has not pressed the criminal petition in respect of the first petitioner. As far as petitioner No.2 is concerned, she is a lady aged about 66 years, the learned counsel argued the matter and sought to dispense with her personal attendance before the trial court. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of this case, this court is inclined to dismiss the petition in respect of the first petitioner and the second petitioner being a lady aged about 66 years, her personal attendance is dispensed with before the trial court and she can be represented through her counsel except on the specific dates when the learned Magistrate insists for her appearance before the trial court. 5. Subject to the above observation, the Criminal Petition is accordingly dismissed. _______________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO July 21, 2010. I s L THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRL.PETITION No. 7174 OF 2010 Date:21-7-2010