THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.3498 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2 in C.C.No.10007 of 2022 on the file of the learned XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498 (A) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for short ‘DP Act’).

2. The brief facts of the case are that 04.03.2021 a complaint was received from respondent No.2 stating that her marriage with petitioner No.1 was solemnized on 29.04.2018 at Sitara Grand Hotel, Ameerpet, Hyderabad, as per Hindu customs. The marriage was arranged by her mother-in-law’s brother, Sri P. Gopaiah. Her husband, employed as a Customer Executive at ICICI Bank, Miyapur Branch, along with his parents, allegedly demanded and received dowry of Rs.4,00,000/- in cash, two tolas of gold during engagement, and an additional three tolas for her husband and ten tolas for herself during the marriage, along with household articles worth Rs.3,00,000/-, a bike worth Rs.1,50,000/-, and marriage expen