ORDER:

This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure Code, (for short “ Cr.P.C ”) by petitioners/accused Nos.2 and 4 to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.5070 of 2022 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. The offences alleged against the petitioners are punishable under Section s 4 06 and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (for short “I.P.C.”) and Section s 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for short “the D.P. Act”).

2. The brief facts of the case are that basing on the complaint made by respondent No.2, who is the father of LW- 6 i.e., the wife of accused No.1, a case was registered against the accused for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 406 and 498-A of the I.P.C. and Sections 4 and 6 of the D.P. Act vide Crime No.730 of 2021, dated 25.09.2021 and consequently a charge sheet, dated 22.09.2023 was filed which was taken cognizance and was numbered as C.C.No.5070 of 2022 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, at Nampally, Hyderabad.

3. The contents of the charge sheet would disclose that the marriage of accused No.1 and LW-6 i.e., the daughter of respondent No.2 was s