JUDGMENT

1. The instant petition under Sec. 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, [in short 'Cr.P.C'] has been filed, by the petitioners/A.3 and A.4, seeking quashment of proceedings against them in C.C.No.106 of 2019 on the file of the Court of I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Proddatur, which was registered for the offence punishable under Sec. 498-A read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, [in short, 'I.P.C.'] and Ss. 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, [in short, 'D.P.Act'] .

2. Petitioners herein are Accused Nos.3 and 4 in the above C.C and Petitioner No.1 is the sister-in-law of Respondent No.2/de facto complainant and Petitioner No.2 is the husband of Petitioner No.1.

3. The facts of the case, in brief, are as follows:

a. The marriage of the de facto complainant was performed with Accused No.1 on 22/11/2010 according to Hindu rites and customs. At the time of marriage, the parents of the de facto complainant presented 22 tulas of gold ornaments to Accused No.1, towards dowry. Accused No.1 was then working as Staff Assistant in D.C.C.Bank, Kamalapuram. During wedlock, de facto complainant gave birth to a male and a female child. Accused Nos.1 to