APHC010018612026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 280/2026 Between: 1. BETHA SATYAVATHI, W/O VEERRAJU,AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS, R/O D.NO.8-18,SALI PETA, CHINAYA GUDEM VILLAGE,DEVARAPALLI MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 2. BETHA VEERRAJU, S/O LOVARAJU,AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, R/O D.NO.8-18,SALI PETA, CHINAYA GUDEM VILLAGE,DEVARAPALLI MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTORHIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AT AMARAVATHI. 2. BETHA RUPAVATHI, W/O B KUMAR,D/O BURA SRINU, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS,R/O D.NO.4-28/1-10, BESIDE T.M.H SCHOOL,TENARPETA, CHITTI NAGAR, VIJAYAWADA, N.T.R DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): LAKSHMI SUDHA KONDURU 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.280 of 2026 Dated 19.01.2026 Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.,’)/Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) seeking to quash the proceedings against the Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 3 in C.C.No.3102 of 2024 on the file of II Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 3 and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. As seen from the record, there are certain allegations levelled against the Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 3, who are the in-laws of Respondent No.2. After a thorough investigation, the charge sheet has been filed. The learned counsel for the Petitioners submits that the Criminal Petition may be disposed of dispensing with the presence of the Petitioners before the learned Trial Court. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and in view of the Petitioners being the in-laws of Respondent No.2, their presence is dispensed with before the learned jurisdictional Magistrate in the course of trial, except on crucial dates. 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.280 of 2026 Dated 19.01.2026 5. In the result, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 19.01.2026 PRA 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.280 of 2026 Dated 19.01.2026 94 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.280 of 2026 Date: 19.01.2026 PRA