THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.477 of 2024

ORDER:

This Criminal Revision Case is filed by petitioner/accused No.1, before this Court challenging the judgment dated 22.08.2023 passed in Crl.MP.No.173 of 2023 in S.C.No.182 of 2022 on the file of the I Additional District and Sessions Judge, at Gadwal, Jogulamba Gadwal District.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the victim lodged a complaint alleging that Petitioner/Accused No.1 had gained her acquaintance and proposed love, leading to repeated sexual intercourse based on a promise of marriage. However, when the parents and brother of Petitioner/Accused No.1 (Petitioners/Accused Nos. 2 to 4) came to know about the relationship, they initially agreed to perform the marriage during a Panchayat but later refused, with Petitioner/Accused No.1 also declining to marry the victim. Based on this complaint, a case was registered under sections 417, 420, and 376 of IPC against the petitioner and other accused. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner filed Crl.MP.No.173 of 2023 in S.C.No.182 of 2022 praying to discharge him from the arraigned offences which was dismissed by the trial Court vide order dated 22.08.2023 w