THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8440 of 2021

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.830 of 2021 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Sathupalli, wherein the petitioner was arrayed as sole accused, for the offences under Section 498-A of Indian Penal Code (‘IPC’ for brevity) and Sections 3 and

4 of Dowry Prohibition Act (‘DP’ Act for brevity).

2. The case of the prosecution in brief is that on 08.07.2021 at 13.00 hours police received a complaint from de-facto complainant with contents that at the time of her marriage, the de-facto complainant’s parents gave dowry of an amount of Rs.2,50,000/- and after the marriage, they led a peaceful marital life and were blessed with a female child. Further, the de-facto complainant alleged that the accused harassed her both mentally and physically for additional dowry of Rs.2 lakhs and hence, she left the house of the accused. It is further alleged that on 08.06.2021, at about 10.00 A.M., the accused attended panchayat held at Rejeral Village, in the presence of elders, however, he bluntly refused to take her back for marital life without receiving Rs.2.00