HON’BLE JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.5162 of 2019

ORDER :

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of the Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash the proceedings in DVC No.69 of 2019 on the file of the III Metropolitan Magistrate, L.B. Nagar.

2. The 2^nd respondent herein filed the complaint against the petitioners herein under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violance Act, 2005. 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 DVC 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 in DVC No.69 of 2019 on the file of the III Metropolitan Magistrate, L.B.Nagar, is hereby dispensed with while permitting them to mark their appearance through their counsel, except on the dates when