THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.6835 and 6472 of 2022

C O M M O N O R D E R

Criminal Petition No.6835 of 2022 is filed by the petitioner-accused No.1 and Criminal Petition No.6472 of 2022 is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.2 and 3 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.2659 of 2021 on the file of Principal Chief Judge Court cum VIII Additional Metropolitan Magistrate at Kukatpally, Cyberabad. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act (for short ‘the Act’).

02. Heard Mr.T.Pradyumna Kumar Reddy Senior Counsel representing Mr.T.S.Anirudh Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri P.Giri Krishna, learned counsel for respondent No.2 and Smt.S.Madhavi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State. Perused the record.

03. In brief, the case of the prosecution is that the petitioner/accused No.1 is the husband and petitioners Nos.2 and 3 are father and mother of accused No.1. The marriage of the respondent No.2 with accused No.1 herein was solemnized on 12.12.2013. After marriage respondent No.2 lead her conju