IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.15416 of 2025 Date: 20.01.2026 Between:

Yenni Sharat Kumar and three others ...Petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 3 and 5 AND The State of Telangana, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad and another ...Respondents

ORDER

This criminal petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.1048 of 2025 against the petitioners- Accused Nos.1 to 3 and 5 on the file of the Kukatpally Police Station, Cyberabad District, for the offences under Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) and Sections

3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

2. Heard Sri Karri Murali Krishna, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent No.1-State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners have never harassed the de facto complainant in any manner. He further submitted that petitioner Nos.2, 3 and 5 herein never resided along with the de facto complainant and accused No.1, and that they were never involved in