THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.3633 of 2022

O R D E R

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.2 to 7 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.241 of 2021 on the file of the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate at Bellampalli. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Sections 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) and 3, 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 7 and Smt.S.Madhavi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State. No representation on behalf of the unofficial respondent No.2.

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 twelve years ago. They lived happily for eight years. There are no issues to the accused No.1 and the respondent No2. The accused No.1 with the instigation of the accused Nos.2 to 7 started harassing her physically and mentally by demanding additional dowry from her parents. Four years ago, a panchayath was held by elders wherein the accused No.1 undertook