APHC010628942025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12124/2025 Between: 1. ATHIRACHA SIVA KRISHNA, S/O RAMANJANEYULU ANJANEYULU,AGED 25 YEARS, KOTHEPETA, SRISAILAM TOWN, NANDYALA DISTRICT,ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. ATHIRACHA PURNA CHANDRARAO, S/O RAMANJANEYULU ANJANEYULU, AGED 23 YEARS, KOTHEPETA, SRISAILAM TOWN,NANDYALA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATI. 2. ATHIRACHA ARUNA, S/O. ANJAN KUMAR, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARSGUMMANAMPADU VILLAGE, BOLLAPALLI MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT,ANDHRA PRADESH. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): M SAPTHAGIRI 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.12124 of 2025 Dated 22.01.2026 Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. G VENKATA REDDY 2. 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 Petitioner Nos.1 & 2/Accused Nos.4 & 5 in C.C.No.14 of 2023 on the file of the learned First Class Magistrate, Vinukonda, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity, ‘the IPC’) and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for brevity, ‘the D.P Act’). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioners, the learned counsel for the Respondents and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. The petitioners are the brothers of Accused No.1 and the brothers-in- law of Respondent No.2. The present Criminal Petition is filed seeking quashment of the proceedings in C.C. No.14 of 2023 on the file of the learned First Class Magistrate, Vinukonda. 4. As per the instructions, the learned counsel for Respondent No.2 submits that the trial is in progress before the learned Trial Court and that 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.12124 of 2025 Dated 22.01.2026 nearly four prosecution witnesses have already been examined. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are students and that an order dispensing with their personal appearance before the learned Trial Court has already been granted, and therefore urges this Court to make the said order absolute. The learned counsel for Respondent No.2 reports no objection to granting the said relief. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Criminal Petition is disposed of directing the learned Trial Court not to insist upon the presence of the petitioners during the trial, except on crucial dates, namely for the purpose of examination of the petitioners under Section 313 of the Cr.P.C., and at the time of pronouncement of judgment. 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: 22.01.2026 PRA 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.12124 of 2025 Dated 22.01.2026 98 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12124 of 2025 Date:22.01.2026 PRA