THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.110 of 2024

O R D E R :

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. by the petitioners-accused Nos.2 to 5 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.2023 of 2023 on the file of the learned III Additional Metropolitan Magistrate at L.B. Nagar, Ranga Reddy District, registered for the offences under Sections 498-A and 506 of IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of D.P. Act, 1961.

2. Heard Mr. L.Harish, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mrs. M.Kanaka Durga, learned counsel for respondent No.2-de facto complainant and Mr. M.Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1-State. Perused the record.

3. The petitioners-accused Nos.2, 3 and 4 are the mother, father and elder brother of accused No.1 respectively. The petitioner-accused No.5 is the wife of petitioner-accused No.4. According to the complaint, the allegation against the petitioners herein is that they have instigated accused No.1 in harassing the de facto complainant for additional dowry. On 25.10.2022, when the de facto complainant’s mother visited their house, accused No.1 and his parents i.e., the petitioner