HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD *****

CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.6887 & 6894 of 2024 Criminal Petition No.6887 of 2024 BETWEEN Thirunagaru Sravan Kumar @ Sravan, S/o Venkata Rangaiah … Petitioner And The state of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad and others.

… Respondents Criminal petition No.6894 of 2024 BETWEEN Mohammad Abdul Bhari S/o Late Mohammed Abdul Azeez … Petitioner And The state of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad and others.

… Respondents Date of Judgment Pronounced: 18.07.2024 SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL:

THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA

1. Whether Reporters of Local newspapers may be allowed to see the Judgments? (Yes/No)

2. Whether the copies of judgment may be (Yes/No)

marked to Law Reports/Journals?

3. Whether their Lordship/ Ladyship wish to (Yes/No)

see the fair copy of the Judgment?

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JUSTICE K. SUJANA * THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA + CRIMINAL PETITION NOS.6887 AND 6894 OF 2024 % Dated 18.07.2024 Crl.P.No.6887 of 2024 BETWEEN # Thirunagaru Sravan Kumar @ Sravan, S/o Venkata Rangaiah … Petitioner And $ The state of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad and others.

… Respondents Crl.P.No.6894 of 2024 BETWEEN # Mohammad Abdul Bhari S/o Late Mohammed Abdul Azeez, … Petitioner And $ The state of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad and others.

… Respondents ! Counsel for Petitioners: 1. Sanjeeva Reddy Garlapati in Crl.P.No.6887 of 2024

2. C. Sharan Reddy in Crl. P No.6894 of 2024 ^ Counsel for respondents: S. Ganesh, Assistant Public Prosecutor

> HEAD NOTE:

? Cases referred

1. Criminal Appeal Nos.1476-1477 of 2018

2. 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 843

3. Crl. Appeal @ SLP (Crl.) No.863 of 2019

4. (2000) 6 SCC 269 5. (2009) 9 SCC 417 THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.6887 & 6894 of 2024

COMMON ORDER:

Since the issue involved in both the criminal petitions is one and the same, they are being heard and disposed of together by way of this common order.

2. These Criminal Petitions are filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) to quash the docket order dated 20.06.2024 against the petitioners/accused Nos.4 and 6 respectively in S.C.No.70 of 2019, on the file of the learned Special Sessions Judge for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act Cases – cum – II Additional District and Sessions Judge, Nalgonda District.

3. The brief facts of the case are that respondent No.2/de facto complainant lodged a complaint before the Police, Miryalaguda I Town Police Station, Nalgonda District stating that he had two sons. When his elder son, i.e., Pranay Kumar, was in class 10, he got acquainted with one Amrutha Varshini and later they became close to each other. One day the said Amrutha Varshini told his elder son that if he did not accept her love, she would commit suicide, due to which, the said Pranay Kumar accepted her love. When the love matter was known to the father of Amrutha Varshini, he stopped her studies and house arrested her. Due to the pressure of Amrutha Varshini, the said Pranay Kumar took her to Hyderabad and got married without informing anyone. The father of Amrutha Varshini lodged a complaint about it before the Miryalaguda Police, who then brought Pranay Kumar and Amrutha Varshini from Hyderabad to Miryalaguda. Amrutha Varshini informed the Police that they were majors, and as such, they got married. Since then, Amrutha Varshini has been residing with Pranay Kumar at his house.

4. It is further stated that Amrutha Varshini was conceived and attending regular checkups at Jyothi Hospital in Miryalaguda. On 14.09.2018, Amrutha Varshini, Pranay Kumar, and his mother went to the hospital for medical checkup, after completion of the same when they were going home, an unidentified male person came behind Pranay K