IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.3498 of 2009 Between: Velamuri Bhaskara Rao and two others ..... PETITIONERS/RESPONDENTS 2 TO 4 AND The State of A.P., rep by its Public prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad and another .....RESPONDENT/PETITIONER ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C., is filed by the petitioners Velamuri Bhaskara Rao, Velamuri Sugunavathi and Pilli Seetha Mahalakshmi, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in D.V.C.No.3 of 2009 on the file of Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kavali. Heard both sides. Petitioner Nos.1 and 2 – respondent Nos.2 and 3 in the D.V.C., are the parents-in-law and petitioner No.3 – respondent No.4 in the D.V.C., is widowed sister-in-law of the complainant, Velamuri Raghava Kumari. In the D.V.C., the specific allegations are against respondent No.1 therein, who is husband of the complainant and also against petitioners 1 and 2. The allegations against petitioner No.3 are not specific. She being a widowed sister-in-law of the complainant, it is very difficult to accept the allegations against her, such as jointing with the petitioners and the husband of the complainant and harassing her and also instigating her husband to have intimacy with another woman, prima facie look un-natural. In the circumstances, the proceedings can be quashed only against petitioner No.3. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed in part and the proceedings against petitioner No.3 in D.V.C.No.3 of 2009 on the file of Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kavali are quashed. The petition against petitioner Nos.1 and 2 is dismissed. However, the trial court may dispense with the presence of petitioner Nos.1 and 2 during trial directing them to be present as and when required, on their filing appropriate application for the same. _________________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J October 19, 2009. PN THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.3498 of 2009 October 19, 2009