2026:APHC:18635 APHC010372912023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3327]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

WEDNESDAY,THE EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5494/2023 Between:

Kolluru (aleti) Suneetha ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The Station House Officer ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S)

and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1. CH B R P SEKHAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S):

1. KILARU NITHIN KRISHNA

2.

The Court made the following ORDER:

This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., has been filed by the petitioner/A4 to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.3711 of 2022 on the file of the learned II Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the marriage of de- facto complainant with A1 was performed on 28.04.2018. Before the marriage, the accused made de-facto complainant and her parents believe that A1 was doing broom business earning Rs.50,000/- per month and promised to look after her well. LWs.2 and