Adepalli Srinivas v. The State of Telangana and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
CRLP No. 3611 of 2020, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad, Justice K. Surender, decided 24-02-2025. Petitioner Adepalli Srinivas (Accused No.1) v. State of Telangana (S.H.O., PS III Town Karimnagar) and Mula Narsimha Reddy (Respondent No.2/Complainant). Section 482 Cr.P.C. petition to quash charge sheet in C.C.No. 286 of 2020 before Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial First Class Magistrate, Karimnagar; prayer confined at argument stage to dispensing personal attendance; attendance dispensed with conditions (counsel representation, affidavit of non-disputation and identity, appearance on demand with automatic cancellation on default); petition disposed, miscellaneous applications closed. No case law cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Personal attendance of petitioner/Accused No.1 in C.C.No. 286 of 2020 dispensed with subject to three conditions: continuous representation by counsel on record; affidavit undertaking not to dispute proceedings conducted by counsel in his absence nor dispute his identity; and appearance before the Magistrate whenever required, failing which the dispensation order stands cancelled. Miscellaneous applications pending, if any, closed. The prayer for quashment of the charge sheet was narrowed by counsel to the attendance-dispensation prayer and was not itself adjudicated.