THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 7224 of 2020

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, by the petitioners/accused Nos.4 to 6 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.5511 of 2020 on the file of the V Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar, Ranga Reddy District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘the IPC’) and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for short, ‘the D.P. Act’).

2. Brief facts of the case:

Respondent No.2/de facto complainant lodged a complaint on 08.10.2020 stating that her marriage was performed with accused No.1 on 28.02.2019 and that at the time of marriage, her parents had given Rs.30 lakhs towards dowry. After the marriage, she joined the company of the accused at her marital home. At the instigation of accused Nos.2 and 3, accused No.1 abused and harassed her and made her promise not to disclose the same to her parents. On 18.04.2019, accused No.1 abused her and pushed her from the staircase, due to which she sustained severe injuries, and he threatened not to