Dismissed

Modem Arun v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC19 Feb 2024CRLP/1889/2024

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What is this about?

High Court held that quashing proceedings in a Domestic Violence Act case is not maintainable under Section 482 CrPC as Section 29 provides an alternative remedy. Petition dismissed but appearance of some parties dispensed with temporarily.

What did the court decide?

Petitioners allowed to avail alternative remedy; appearance of Petitioner Nos. 2 to 6 dispensed with temporarily in D.V.C. No. 120 of 2022.

Modem Arun Vs The State of Telangana — Domestic Violence | Telangana HC (2024)

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IN THE HIGH^{COURT FOR THE STATEOF TELANGANA} AT HYDERABAD

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MONDAY,^{THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY} TWO THOUSAND^{AND TWENTY FOUR}

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE^{SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA}

CRIM! NAL P

NO: 1889 OF 2024

Between:

Modem^{Arun, S/o Venkateshwarlu, Age31 years,Occ' SoftwareEngineer'}

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Modem^{Madhavi, Wo Venkateshwarlu, Age52 years,Occ'Household'}

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Modem^{Venkateshwarlu,s/o Komuraiah, Age58 years,Occ. LIC Employee.}

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4.ModemSahithi,D/oVenkateshwarlu,Age29years,Occ'Pharmacist'

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Modem^{Abhishek, S/o Venkateshwarlu, Age 34 years, occ.Metro Employee} at Gujarat,

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AddressofRespondentNo.lto5is,H.No.3-4-4471A'SudhaNagar, Hanumakonda'

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Thatikonda^{somashekar,S/o Srinivas,Age 48 yrrearsOcc. Scholar/ Pvt.}

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i."trt"r, Sudha Nagar Hanumakonda'

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...Petitioners

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AND

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The state^{of Telangand,Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High court for the} State of^Telangana'

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Smt' Modem^{SeethaJt/ahalaxmi@{dhy.aSe]:thaltlahalaxmi,WoModem} ' Xiljii.'Ai;zo years, occ. Student' R/o H.No.3-10-174, Reddv Colonv, Hanumikonda,^District'

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...ResPondents

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petition under seclion^{482 of cr.P.c prayingthat in the circumstances} stateO inihe^{Memorandumof Grounds of Criminal Petition, the HighCourtmay} i.-Jil""J to^{quash the proceedingsin D.V.C. case12012022dispensingwith} oi tne^{petiiionersand on the file of P.C.R.- cum -ll Additional} d."#;;;"; Jrai&"r Fit t^{Class Magistrateat Hanumakonda'}

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l.A. NO: 1OF 2024

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Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be^pleased to stay all further^proceedings including the appearance of the petitioner in D.V.C. 12012022 on the file of the P.C.R.- cum -ll Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate at Hanumakonda^pending disposal of the above.

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This Petition coming on for hearing, upon^perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri K.B. Narasimhulu, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf ofthe Respondent No. 1 and forthe Respondent No. 2 none appeared.

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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THE HON'BLE SMT.^{JUSTICE K. SUJANA} CRIMINAL PETITION^{No.1889 of2024}

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ORDER:

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This Criminal^{Petition is filed underSection 482 of the Code} ofCriminalProcedure,lg73(forshort.Cr.P.C.)bythepetitioners/ respondent Nos.l^{to 6 to quash the proceedingsagainstthem in} D.V.C.No.12O of^{2022 pending on the file of P'C'R-cum-II} Additional Judicial^{First Class Magistrate,Hanumakonda'}

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2.Heardthelearnedcounselforthepetitionersandthelearned Assistant Public^{Prosecutorfor respondent No' 1 - State' Perused} the record.

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In the light^{of the judgmentinGaddanneedlNagamanltt'} S:tatc o! Telanganot^{a petition to quash the proceedingsin} Domestic Violence^{case is not maintainable, as Section29 of the} protection of women from Domestic violence^{Act, 2OO5 aJfords aI} eflicacious^{remedyby way of an appealagainstthe act of the Court} below in taking^{cognizanceand numbering the D'V'C'}

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'^{zots121 ALD (cRL.) 764}

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

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However, in view of the request made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the appearance of the petitioner Nos.2 to 6 herein/respondent Nos.2 to 6 in D.V.C.No.l2O of 2O22 pending on the file of P.C.R-cum-II Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Hanumakonda, is dispensed with, except on the dates whenever their presence is required by the trial Court, and they shall be represented by their counsel on every date of hearing and in case of default, this order gets vacated automatically

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Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed.

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Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall also stand

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closed

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SD/.V. KAVITHA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY//

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SECTION OFFTCER

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To,

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The P.C.R-cum- ll Additional First Class Magistrate, Hanamakonda. 2. Station House Officer, WpS-1 police Station,-Warangal. 3. Two ccs to the Pubric^prosecutor, High court for thJState of rerangana at Hyderabad-. (OUT)

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