THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.1637 of 2022

O R D E R

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. by the petitioner-accused No.1 seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C.No.3741 of 2021 on the file of the learned V Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate at Warangal, registered for the offences under Sections 498-A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) and Sections

3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for short ‘the Act’).

02. Heard Mr. K.Rajashekar, learned counsel representing Mr. G.Randeep Raj, counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. S.Madhavi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent No.1-State. No representation on behalf of respondent No.2. Perused the record.

03. The petitioner-accused No.1 is the husband of de facto complainant. The gist of the complaint is that the marriage of petitioner-accused No.1 was performed with the 2^nd respondent-de facto complainant on 31.03.2019. At the time of marriage, certain amount of dowry was given. They lived happily for some time and subsequently, the respondent No.2/de facto complainant blessed with a son. Thereafter, the petitioner-accu