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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
APARESH KUMAR SINGH, G.M.MOHIUDDIN
Nidhi Agarwal – Appellant
Versus
Union of India, Representing by its Under Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs – Respondent
ORDER :
Learned counsel Sri T.Sharath appears for the petitioner.
Sri N.Bhujanga Rao, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India, appears for respondents No.1 to 4.
2. The petitioner is under H-1B visa working as a Software Engineer in Meta Platforms INC at California, United States of America (USA), whose passport bearing No.Z3501823 in File No.BN2079075529516 issued on 20.01.2016 is going to expire on 19.01.2026. According to the petitioner, she has been implicated in a criminal case under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ( IPC ), and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, as accused No.6 by the estranged sister-in-law i.e., wife of her brother in First Information Report (FIR) No.192/2024 dated 07.03.2024 in which a charge sheet has been filed by the police upon investigation. The matter is pending before the learned XVII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Nampally, Hyderabad, being C.C.No.1188 of 2025. The petitioner contends that during the period of the offence alleged, she was all along in USA in connection with her job. Without proper investigation, she has been shown as accused No.6 (absconding). No such summons, warrant or attachment or procl
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