THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.3676 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking the Court to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 8 in C.C.No.236 of 2024 on the file of the learned Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Mulugu, 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 are that respondent No.2/de facto complainant lodged a complaint before the police stating that she got married to petitioner No.1/accused No.1, Kadivendi Harikrishna, on 04.05.2023. At the time of marriage, her parents gave him 1.5 tolas of gold ornaments, household items, Rs.5 lakhs in cash, and 4 guntas of land as dowry. Initially, her husband treated her well for two months, but thereafter he began harassing her both mentally and physically. He was upset that her parents could not get the land registered in her name and that they would not receive the Kalyana Laxmi Scheme amount. He also suspected her character and demanded an additional Rs.10 la