THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.9221 of 2024

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.518 of 2023 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate at Miryalguda. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under section 498 A Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act (for short ‘The Act’).

2. Heard M/s.Pawan Kumar Agarwal, learned counsel for the petitioners-accused Nos.2 to 7, Mr.Rapolu Bhaskar, learned counsel for respondent No.2 and Sri M.Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Perused the record.

3. In brief, the case of the prosecution is that accused No. 2 is mother in law, accused Nos.3, 4 are brother in laws and accused Nos.5 and 6 are the co-sisters of the 2^nd respondent and accused No.7 is mentioned as cook. It is averred that 2^nd respondent was married to accused No.1, who is the son of accused No.2 in the year 2017. All the accused harassed the 2^nd respondent mentally and physically for additional dowry and it is also stated that they also locked her in a room and tortured