2026:APHC:32063 APHC010534122023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3327]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.8347 OF 2023 Between:

Perumalla Srividya and another ...PETITIONERS/A4 and A5 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh and another ...RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT(S)

Counsel for the Petitioners/A4 & A5:

1. SOMISETTY GANESH BABU Counsel for the Respondents/Complainant(S):

1. N CHANDRA SEKHAR REDDY

2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER:

This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., has been filed to quash the proceedings in CC No.113 of 2022 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Nandikotkur, Kurnool district, against the petitioners herein/A4 and A5.

2. A charge sheet has been filed against the petitioners herein/A4 and A5 and others for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 506 read with 34 IPC and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is alleged that the marriage between the de facto complainant and son of A1 namely Chandra Sekhar, was performed in the year 2008, and at the time of marri