THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.4025 of 2022

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This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.2 to 6 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.1067 of 2022 on the file of X Additional Metropolitan Magistrate-cum-Additional Junior Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy District at L.B.Nagar. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Sections 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act (for short ‘the Act’).

02. Heard Sri A.Prabhakar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners-accused Nos.2 to 6, Sri V.Ganesh, learned counsel representing on behalf of Mr.V.M.Krishna Reddy, learned counsel for respondent No.2 and Smt.S.Madhavi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State. Perused the record.

03. In brief, the case of the prosecution is that the marriage of the accused No.1 with the respondent No.2 was solemnized about nine years ago. Respondent No.2 was working as a software consultant in USA and at the insistence of the family members of her husband, 2^nd respondent remained as housewife. It is alleged that her husband and in laws have demanded to bring additio