APHC010717952022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH THURSDAY ,THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL Between: Pinakana Rama Rao The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. TOTA TEJESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. KISHORE KUMAR.A 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: ORDER: The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short, “Cr.P.C.”) has been filed by the Petitioner/ seeking quashment of the proceedings 2019 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Palasa, Srikakulam. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY ,THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10531 OF 2022 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: TOTA TEJESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): KISHORE KUMAR.A PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short, “Cr.P.C.”) has been filed by the Petitioner/ seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against them in 2019 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Palasa, Srikakulam. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3396] THURSDAY ,THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JANUARY THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short, “Cr.P.C.”) has been filed by the Petitioner/ A1, them in C.C.No.226 of 2019 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Palasa, Srikakulam. 2. Heard Sri T. Tejeswara Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms. K. Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is residing in the State of West Bengal and he is not attending the Court at Srikakulam each and every adjournment. Hence, the petition may be disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioner, by dispensing the presence of the petitioner before the Trial Court. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 5. In that view, the Criminal petition is disposed of. However, the petitioner is at liberty to raise all the contentions before the Trial Court in their defence. The presence of the petitioner before the Trial Court is dispensed with unless his presence is specifically directed by the Trial Court. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 30.01.2025 KK THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10531 OF 2022 30.01.2025 KK