THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8887 OF 2024

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (For short ‘the BNSS’), seeking quashment of proceedings against the petitioner in C.C. No. 2318 of 2021, on the file of the learned II Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-XIX Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Malkajgiri.

2. The petitioner is arrayed as Accused No.5 in the Calendar Case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 494, 495, 498-A read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter ‘IPC’), Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and Section 3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.

3. I have heard learned counsel appearing on respective parties.

4. The prosecution alleges that Accused No.1 entered into marriage with Respondent No.2/ de facto complainant on 27.11.2020. At the time of the marriage, it is claimed that, in response to a demand from the accused, Respondent No.2’s parents provided a dowry consisting of Rs.8,00,000/- in cash, 20 tolas of gold, ½ kilogram of silver, various household articles, and an additional Rs