THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.15696 of 2024

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking the Court to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.7 and 8 in C.C.No.810 of 2022 on the file of the learned Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kodad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for short ‘DP Act’).

2. The brief facts of the case, as per the prosecution, are that on 25.07.2022, respondent No.2/de-facto complainant lodged a complaint with the police at Munagala Village, Suryapet District, stating that her marriage with accused No.1 took place on 13.10.2018. At the time of marriage, her parents allegedly gave one acre of land, Rs.50,000 in cash, and 12 thulas of gold to Accused No.1. After marriage, she joined her husband in Hyderabad. It is alleged that accused No.1 neglected and harassed her physically and mentally. While residing together in Hyderabad, she conceived and gave birth to a baby boy, who is now about 4 years old. Respondent No.2 further alleged that her husband and other accused demand