IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7851 of 2022 Date: 20.01.2026 Between:

Jangeti Mahender S/o. Komuraiah ...Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad and another.

...Respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.553 of 2022 on the file of the learned V Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Warangal.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the complainant lodged a complaint on 25.07.2020 before the WPS, Warangal, alleging that her marriage was performed with accused No.1 in the year 2001. At the time of marriage, on the demand of accused No.1 and his brother-in-law, the complainant’s parents allegedly paid Rs.3 lakhs and gave a motorcycle as dowry. After marriage, the complainant joined the matrimonial home and later shifted to Ramnagar, Hanamkonda. She alleged that accused No.1 subjected her to physical and mental harassment while under the influence of alcohol. Despite repeated counselling by the police and panchayats conducted before elders on several occasion