THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1413 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings against them in D.V.C.No.5 of 2010 on the file of the Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rayachoty, Kadapa District. Heard both sides. Since the allegations against the petitioners are punishable under the provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, this Court is not inclined to quash the proceedings against the petitioners at this stage. In any event, th e de facto complainant and the petitioners known to each other, where the question of identity of the accused does not arise, the presence of the petitioners before the trial court is dispensed with except on the dates the learned Magistrate insists for the same and the petitioners shall be properly represented by their counsel. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this criminal petition, if any, shall stand closed. ________________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 14th February 2011, Rns.