APHC010630252022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY ,THE FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9488/2022 Between: Battula Ithamaraju and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. SATYANARAYANA NIMMALA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 2 ORDER: The instant petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed by the Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 5, seeking quashment of proceedings against them in C.C.No.2980 of 2022, on the file of VI Additional Judicial Magistrate of I Class-cum-VI Additional Junior Civil Judge, Guntur. 2. Heard Sri Satyanarayana Nimmala, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the Petitioners would submit that the petition may be disposed of dispensing the presence of the Petitioners before the trial Court on every adjournment. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 5. Considering the submissions made, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, dispensing the presence of the Petitioner Nos.2 to 5 before the trial Court, unless their presence is specifically directed by the trial Court. However, the petitioners are at liberty to raise all the contentions before the trial Court in their defence. The learned trial Judge may appreciate them and take appropriate decision according to law. Pending interlocutory applications, if any, shall stands closed. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 05.02.2025 MH 3 HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA 23 Crl.P.No.9488 of 2022 Dt.05.02.2025 MH