THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.3666 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 7 in C.C.No.1212 of 2024 on the file of the learned II Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Wanaparthy, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 85, 82(1), 352 read with 3(5) of BNS.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 04.11.2024 the de facto complainant lodged a complaint before the Police stating that she had married Neeradi Shekar of the same village on 25.01.2012 through a love marriage, which was later accepted by elders. The couple initially lived at Yellammabanda, Kukatpally, and after a year were blessed with twins, a boy and a girl, and lived happily for four years. In the year 2018, her husband left home without informing her, and despite her efforts, he could not be traced. Thereafter, her in-laws, namely Shanthamma, Bhagavanthu, her brother-in-law Neeradi Bharathaiah, sister-in-law Bharathamma, and her husband Chennaiah, harassed her both physically and mentally for six years while she alone looked after the children. Later, she came to know that her husband h