ORDER :

1. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short “Cr.P.C”) is filed by the petitioners/A.1 to A.3 seeking quash of proceedings in Crime No. 196 of 2015 of Gopalapatnam Police Station, Visakhapatnam, registered for the offence under Sections 498-A and 324 IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

2. Heard Sri N.Subbarao, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners and Sri P.M.Mithileswara Reddy, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the 1st respondent/State and Sri Ch.Venkata Raman, learned counsel for the 2nd respondent.

3. The brief facts of the case are that the 2nd respondent is the de facto complainant and wife of the 1st Petitioner/A.1. She lodged a Complaint with the Police alleging that the 1st petitioner/A.1 and Petitioners 2 and 3/A.2 and A.3, who are the parents of A.1 subjected her to physical and mental cruelty by making illegal demands of additional dowry. Further, she stated that her marriage was performed in President Hotel, Mysore, on 03.06.2009 with the 1st petitioner/A.1 and their marriage was consummated on 07.06.2009 and they both lived at their house in Visakhapatnam for one week and thereafter shif