ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (for short ‘BNSS’) to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused in D.V.C.No.03 of 2025 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Khanapur.

2. Heard Ms.Mogili Anaveni, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1 – State. Perused the record.

3. In the light of the judgment in Gaddameedi Nagamani v. State of Telangana¹ 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.

2015 (2) ALD (CRL.) 764

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 petitioners herein/accused in D.V.C.No.03 of 2025 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Khanapur, is dispensed with, except on the dates whenever their presence is required by the trial Cou