THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.1189 of 2024

O R D E R:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 and 2 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.206 of 2022 on the file of the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate (Prohibition and Excise), Sangareddy, for the offence under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’).

02. Heard Sri CMR Velu, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri M.Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State-respondent No.1 as well as Dr.Vijaya Lakshmi, learned counsel representing Ms. Alapati Latha, learned counsel for the unofficial respondent No.2.

Perused the record.

03. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the marriage between respondent No.2 and petitioner-accused No.1 was solemnized at Dwaraka Tirumala, Eluru. The parents of respondent No.2 are residents of Vijayawada as well as Ameerpet, Hyderabad. The accused have their permanent residence at Boduppal, Ranga Reddy District, and the couple resided at Kukatpally after marriage. According to respondent No.2, in her complaint, she stated that she had lived in Kollur only for a few days