1 HN, J Crl.P.No.7389_2024 APHC010424532024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] THURSDAY ,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7389/2024 Between: K.sreekanth Naik, ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND P Nalini and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SANDEEP BHAVAN PAMARATI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. K NAGA PHANINDRA 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 HN, J Crl.P.No.7389_2024 The Court made the following Order: 1. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is aggrieved by the pendency of C.C.No.1317 of 2018, on the file of I Additional Junior Civil Judge-Cum-Additional Judicial I Class Magistrate, Anantapur. 2. The petitioner is working as a Branch Manager in a nationalized bank and is facing trial for the alleged offence under Section 498 (A) of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the 1st respondent is not cooperating with the trail and has been evading appearance before the Court, even though bailable warrants were issued against the 1st respondent. It is also submitted that the bailable warrants were cancelled soon after the 1st respondent filed a memo undertaking to appear. 4. Today, when the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the 1st respondent submits that even the petitioner was also absent on the last date of hearing, when the matter was listed for trial. 5. It is further submitted that the matter is now fixed for trial on 22.04.2017, and the 1st respondent would appear in Court and adduce the evidence. 6. Considering the submission, the Criminal Petition is disposed off with an observation that the learned Magistrate should endeavor to complete the trial as expeditiously as possible, preferable within a period of six (06) months from the date of the receipt of this order. 3 HN, J Crl.P.No.7389_2024 As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N 27.03.2025 NKA 4 HN, J Crl.P.No.7389_2024 254 HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N Criminal Petition No.7389 of 2024 Date: 27.03.2025 NKA