ORDER :

1. This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) by the petitioners/ respondent Nos.2 to 4 to quash the proceedings against them in D.V.C. No. 21 of 2024 pending on the file of Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum-Metropolitan Magistrate, Medchal-Malkajgiri District.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent No. 1-State. Perused the record.

3. In the light of the judgment in Gaddameedi Nagamani v. State of Telangana, 2015 (2) ALD (Crl.) 764 a petition to quash the proceedings in Domestic Violence Case is not maintainable, as Section 29 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 affords an efficacious remedy by way of an appeal against the act of the Court below in taking cognizance and numbering the D.V.C.

4. In view of the above, the petitioners are at liberty to avail the said alternative remedy.

5. However, in view of the request made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the appearance of the petitioner Nos.1 to 3 herein/respondent Nos.2 to 4 in D.V.C. No. 21 of 2024 pending on the file of Principal Junior Civil Judge-cyn-Metr