THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.10599 of 2022

O R D E R :

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. by the petitioners-accused Nos.2 and 3 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.2173 of 2022 on the file of the learned XI Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Rajendranagar (for short ‘trial Court’), arising out of Crime No.1155 of 2022 of P.S. Rajendranagar, registered for the offences under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for short ‘the Act’).

2. Heard Mr. Kapish Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. Sharad Kumar Bisawa, learned counsel for respondent No.2-de facto complainant and Mrs. S.Madhavi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State. Perused the record.

3. The petitioners-accused Nos.2 and 3 are the father and mother of accused No.1. According to the complaint, the allegation against the petitioners-accused Nos.2 and 3 is that they have demanded the de facto complainant to bring additional dowry of Rs.10,00,000/-. When the de facto complainant expressed her parent’s inability, the peti