IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2020 of 2026 Date: 16.02.2026 Between:

Ramavath Jayalaxmi and two others ...petitioners/accused Nos.2 to 4 AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of T.S at Hyderabad and another ...respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.2 to 4, seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.1258 of 2025 on the file of the VI Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-VI Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Ranga Reddy District at L.B Nagar, for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) and Section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act (for short ‘DP Act’).

2. Heard Mr. Giruka Madhusudhan Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners appeared through video conference and Mr. Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1.

3. With the consent of both the learned counsel, the criminal petition is disposed of at the admission stage on the ground that even according to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the matter