JUDGMENT :

The instant petition under Section 4 82 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'Cr.P.C'), has been filed by the petitioner/accused No.6, seeking quashment of proceedings against her in CC No.66 of 2019 on the file of the Court of Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Ramachandrapuram, registered for the offence punishable under Section 4 98-A read with 34 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE , 1860 (for short 'IPC') and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for short 'D.P. Act').

2. The facts of the case, as per the charge-sheet, in brief, are as follows :

(a) The marriage of LW1-Vattikuti Rajeswari, who is the daughter of respondent No.2 herein with accused No.1 was performed on 03.05.2015 and at the time of marriage, as per the demand of the accused, the parents of LW1-Vattikuti Rajeswari gave Ac.0.50 cents of land, Rs.1,50,000/- towards adapaduchu katnam, Rs.50,000/- towards marriage expenses, 5 sovereigns of gold and 8 tulas of silver anklets.

(b) After two months of the marriage, accused No.1 at the instigation of accused Nos.2 to 6, who are the mother, father, elder sister, younger sister and friend respectively of accused No.1, started harassing LW1-