IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI

CRIMINAL PETITION No.6960 OF 2024

01^ST DECEMBER, 2025

Between:

Ahmed Pasha Khadri. … Petitioner

AND

The State of Telangana

Rep. through Public Prosecutor and 1 other. …Respondents

O R D E R:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.2 to

quash the proceedings against him in C.C.No.1493 of 2019 on the file of Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum-XI Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, at Rajendranagar, Cyberabad. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) and

sections 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act (for short ‘the Act’).

2. Heard Sri Gulam Rabbani, learned counsel for petitioner, and

Sri M.Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State and Sri Mohd. Majid Khan, learned counsel for respondent No.2.

Perused the record.

3. The case of the prosecution is that the marriage of the respondent No.2 with the son of accused No.2 was solemnized on 12.05.2016 incurring huge expenditure and giving dowry to the petitioners. After two months of her marriage, the attitude of in laws of respondent No.2 has change