CRLP/8667/2019 of Subash Chandra Naik and 7 others Vs Baburao Runjala and another on 31 December 2019

ORDER :

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of the Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.95 of 2018 on the file of the Special Sessions Judge, Hyderabad.

2. A charge sheet came to be filed against the petitioners/A3 to A10 along with other accused for the offences punishable under Sections 147,427, 290, 353 r/w 149 IPC and 3 of PDPP Act, 1989.

3. Though the present Criminal Petition is filed seeking quashing of entire proceedings against the petitioners, learned counsel for the petitioners restricts his prayer seeking dispensation of the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court on every date of adjournment.

4. The learned Public Prosecutor submits that since the identity of the petitioners is not in dispute, their presence in the above C.C. may not be necessary on every date of adjournment.

5. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the personal appearance of the petitioners/A3 to A10 in C.C.No.95 of 2018 on the file of the Special Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, is hereby dispensed with while permitting them to mark their appearance through their counsel, except on the dates when their presence is specifically required by the said Court.

6. With the above direction, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

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JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI

DATED: 31.12.2019. Hsd