THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL CRIMINAL PETITIO N No.8722 of 2021

ORDER :

The present criminal petition is filed by the petitioners/A4 to A6 under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in CC No.2138 of 2021 on the file of the learned III Metropolitan Magistrate at LB Nagar.

2. Heard Sri V.Yadu Krishna Sainath, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri E.Ganesh, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the respondent No.1/State and Potakani Satyanand, learned counsel for the respondent No.2.

3. As per orders dated 15.12.2021 in IA No.2 of 2021, the prayer portion of the petition was modified by inserting CC No.2138 of

2021 in the place of CC No.2133 of 2021.

4. The brief facts of the case are that the parents of the 2^nd respondent paid a dowry of Rs.5,00,000 in cash, 15 tulas of gold for the 2^nd respondent and 3.5 tulas of gold for her husband (A1), in exchange for her marriage to accused No. 1. This alliance, however, was formed by concealing the ill-health of the accused No.1 and the fact that multiple criminal cases were pending against him. After the marriage, accused No. 1 began harassing the 2^nd respondent both physically and mentally with the help of other