APHC010416752021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE TWELFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6110/2021 Between: 1.MOULUDIN SHABEENA, W/O DARA BABU RAJ KUMAR, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS,R/O D. NO.43/113-6, PRAKASHNAGAR STREET, KADAPA TOWN AND CITY. 2.DARA DAVID RAJU, S/O LATE RAJANNA, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, R/O D. NO. 6/4A, NEAR TV TOWER, LENIN NAGAR, ANANTAPUR RURAL. 3.DARA PRASANTH, S/O LATE RAJANNA, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, R/O D. NO. 6/4A, NEAR TV TOWER, LENIN NAGAR, ANANTAPUR RURAL. 4.DARA ROSE MARY, S/O LATE RAJANNA, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, R/O D. NO. 6/4A, NEAR TV TOWER, LENIN NAGAR, ANANTAPUR RURAL. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1.HARINADH NIDAMANURI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 2 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: ORDER: Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.,’) for quashment of case in C.C.No.4 of 2019 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Pulivendula, Kadapa District. 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that on 05.11.2021 a direction was given by the learned Single Judge of this Court dispensing with the presence of the Petitioners before the learned Trial Court, unless their presence is specifically required by the learned Trial Court. The learned counsel for the Petitioners requests that the said direction may be made absolute, considering that the presence of the Petitioners is dispensed with unless their presence is specifically required by the learned Trial Court in C.C.No.4 of 2019 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Pulivendula, Kadapa District. 4. After thorough investigation, charge sheet has been filed. There are no merits in the Criminal Petition to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.4 of 2019 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Pulivendula, Kadapa District. Nearly five years have passed by from the date of filing of the present Criminal Petition. No steps were taken to seek amendment pursuant to filing of chargesheet. 3 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, dispensing with the presence of the petitioners before the learned Trial Court. The learned Trial Court can secure the presence of the petitioners as and when required. 6. 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: 12.02.2026 VTS