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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
JUVVADI SRIDEVI
Kokkula Arun Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana represented by the Public Prosecutor – Respondent
ORDER :
Juvvadi Sridevi, J.
This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 6 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.1242 of 2024 on the file of the learned XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Manoranjan Complex, Hyderabad. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Sections 4 98 -A, 406, 506 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘ IPC ’) and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act (for short ‘the Act’).
2. Heard Sri V.Srinivasulu, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri P.Vikram Kumar, learned counsel representing Sri R.Ranganathan, learned counsel for the respondent No.2 and Sri M.Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State-respondent No.1. Perused the record.
3. In brief, the case of the prosecution is that the marriage between the petitioner-accused No.1 and the respondent No.2 was solemnized on 20.06.2019. It is alleged that ever since the marriage, the petitioner-accused Nos.1 to 6 have subjected the respondent No.2 to physical and mental cruelty in connection with their unlawful demand for additional dowry. It is further alleged that the accused No.1 is not fit for family life and use
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