ORDER (COMMON)

Since common issue arises in all the Criminal Petitions, they are being taken up for disposal together by way of this common order.

2. (a) Criminal Petition No.8675 of 2022 is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in P.R.C. No.16 of 2022 on the file of the VI Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada, by the petitioners/A.3 to A.6 respectively, for the offence punishable under Section 370A (2) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC).

(b) Criminal Petition No.1190 of 2023 is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in crime No.855 of 2022 of Krishnalanka police station, Vijayawada, by the petitioners/A.2 and A.3, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 370 A (2) IPC and 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (for short, “the Act, 1956”). 2

(c) Criminal Petition No. 1806 of 2023 is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in S.C.No.181 of 2022 on the file of the V Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Court for trial of offences against Women, Eluru, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 370 IPC and 3 and 4 of the Act, 1956, by the petitioner/A.2.

(d) Criminal Petition No.1959 of 2023 is filed seeking to quash the proceedings