APHC010144622025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY,THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3768/2025 Between: 1. SHAIK MASTAN, S/O SARVAR, AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, 2. SHAIK FATHIMA, S/O MASTAN, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS. 3. SHAIK RESHMA, W/O SK. SALAM, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, 4. SHAIK YUSUF PASHA,, S/O MASTAN, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS. 5. SHAIK IMRAN, S/O MASTAN, AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS. (PETITIONERS 1 TO 5 ARE R/O D.NO. 5-6-180/1, YELLANDU, BHADRADRI KOTHAGUDEM DISTRICT, TELANGANA). 6. SHAIK LAYAK SULTHANA, W/O HYDER, AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS. 7. SHAIK AFZAL PASHA @ AFJAL,, S/O HYDER, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, (PETITIONERS 6 AND 7 ARE R/O D.NO. 6-2-65, YELLANDULAPADU, YELLANDU, BHADRADRI KOTHAGUDEM DISTRICT, TELANGANA). ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP., BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. HIGH COURT OF A.P. AMARAVATI. 2. AAYESHA MUTAHAR, W/O SHAIK YUNUS, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, D.NO. 8-11-47, NARAYANA SWAMY STREET, WYNCHIPETA, VIJAYAWADA. 2 ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. BILAAL AHMED SYED Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: Though 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 proceedings against Petitioners/Accused Nos. 2 to 8 in C.C.No. 293 of 2021 on the file of the learned II Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate-cum-Mahila Magistrate, Vijayawada (for brevity, ‘the learned Trial Court’), the learned counsel for the Petitioners seeks disposal of the matter by granting an order dispensing with the presence of the Petitioners before ‘the learned Trial Court.’ 2. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. Notice on Respondent No.2 is not issued. 4. Petitioner Nos.1 and 2 / Accused Nos.2 and 3 are the in-laws of Respondent No. 2. Petitioner No.3 / Accused No.4 is the sister-in-law of Respondent No. 2. Petitioner Nos.4 and 5 / Accused Nos.5 and 6 are the brothers of Accused No.1. Petitioner No.6 / Accused No.7 is the sister of Petitioner No. 1. Petitioner No.7 / Accused No.8 is the son of Petitioner No.6. 3 5. Since the Petitioners seek relief of dispensing with their presence before ‘the learned Trial Court’, the Criminal Petition is disposed of with a direction to ‘the learned Trial Court’ not to insist upon the presence of the Petitioners, who are relatives of Accused No.1, except on crucial dates where their presence is intrinsically required. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate is directed to dispose of C.C.No.293 of 2021 as early as possible and submit a report to that effect to the Registrar (Judicial). 7. The Registrar (Judicial) shall seek a report regarding the disposal of the matter from the Jurisdictional Magistrate after three (03) months. 8. In the result, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 01.04.2026 PRA 4 132 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3768 of 2025 Date: 01.04.2026 PRA