Telangana High Court
Peddi Srikanth vs The State Of Telangana on 22 July, 2026
Author: N.Tukaramji
Bench: N.Tukaramji
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI
CRIMINAL PETITION No.2685 OF 2023
DATE: 22.07.2026
Between :
Peddi Srikanth and two others.
... Petitioner Nos.1 to 3/Accused Nos.1 to 3
AND
The State of Telangana, Represented by its Public
Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana,
Hyderabad and another.
... Respondents.
ORDER
This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973 (“Cr.P.C.”), seeking quashment of the
proceedings against the petitioners in C.C.No.6447 of 2022, pending
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on the file of the learned Additional Junior Civil-cum-XIII Additional
Metropolitan Magistrate at Kukatpally, Cyberabad.
2. The petitioners are arrayed as accused Nos. 1 to 3 in the
aforesaid Calendar Case, which arises out of a crime registered for the
offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 504 of the Indian Penal
Code, 1860 (IPC) and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
(for short ‘D.P. Act‘).
3. I have heard Mr. E. Venkata Siddhartha, learned counsel for the
petitioners, Mr. Surepally Prashanth, learned Assistant Public
Prosecutor, representing respondent No.1-State.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that, notwithstanding
the availability of substantial grounds to seek quashment of the
proceedings, the petitioners are willing to face the trial and participate
in the proceedings before the trial Court. It is contended that their
compulsory personal appearance on every date of hearing is causing
considerable hardship and is adversely affecting their respective
avocations and day-to-day affairs. Learned counsel, therefore, confines
the relief sought to dispensing with the personal appearance of the
petitioners before the trial Court, submitting that such a course would
sufficiently redress their grievance without causing any prejudice to the
prosecution.
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5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that he has no
serious objection to the said request. However, he prays that
appropriate directions be issued requiring the petitioners to appear in
person before the trial Court at all material stages of the proceedings
and as and when their presence is considered necessary by the Court
concerned.
6. Having regard to the limited relief sought by the petitioners, the
submissions advanced on behalf of both sides, and the necessity of
balancing the convenience of the accused with the requirement of
ensuring the smooth progress of the trial, this Court is of the
considered view that the personal appearance of the
petitioners/accused Nos. 1 to 3 in C.C. No. 6447 of 2022, pending on
the file of the learned Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-XIII Additional
Metropolitan Magistrate, Kukatpally, Cyberabad, deserves to be
dispensed with, subject to the condition that they shall be duly
represented by their counsel on every date of hearing and shall appear
in person before the trial Court at all material stages of the proceedings
or as and when specifically directed by the Court concerned. It is made
clear that any violation of the aforesaid conditions shall automatically
render this order inoperative, leaving it open to the trial Court to secure
the presence of the petitioners in accordance with law.
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7. With this direction, this Criminal Petition is disposed of.
Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.
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N.TUKARAMJI, J
Date: 22.07.2026
MRKR
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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI
CRIMINAL PETITION No.2685 OF 2023
DATE: 22.07.2026
MRKR
