Lanka Sudha And Another v. The State Of Telangana And Another
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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
MONDAY ,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY THREE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1709 OF 2023 Between:
1. Lanka Sudha and another, Wo Raghunath Sistla, aged about 62 years, Occ. Retd. Social Counsellor in the Domestic Violence impersonation Wing, State of A.P., R/o Flat No.303, Bhanu Towers, Vivekananda Colony, Gurunank Road, Patamata, Vijayawada, Krishna District, State of A-P.,
2. Raghunath Sistla, S/o late Venkata Krishna Sastry, Aged about 67 years, retired bank employee, R/o Flat No.303, Bhanu Towers, Vivekananda Colony, Gurunank Road, Patamata, Vijayawada, Krishna District, State of A.P., ..PETITIONERS AND
1. The State of Telangana and another, rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad.
2. Smt.Divya Uppalapati, Wo Prashant Sistla, D/o Seshasayee Uppalapati, aged about 34 years, Occ. Unemployed, R/o H.No.1-5-828, New Maruti Nagar, Kothapet-500 035.
...RESPONDENTS Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings in F.l.R.No.481 of 2022 d1.17.12.2022 on lhe file of Saroornagar Police Station, Rachakonda District alleged offence under Section 498-4, 406, 506 of l.P.C. and 3 and 4 of D.P. Act tn respect of these petitioners herein.
l.A. NO: 2 OF 2023 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings in pursuant to the proceedings in
F.f .R.No.481/2022 dt.17.12.2022 on lhe file of Saroornagar Police Station, Rachakonda District pending disposal of the above Crl.P., This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri V MALLIK ,Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and None Appeared for the Respondent No.2 The Court made the following: ORDER
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K'SURENDER o No o RDER;
This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, L973 (for short 'Cr'P'C') by the petitionersAccused Nos.2 and 3 to quash the proceedings against them in FIR No.481 of 2O2Z pending on the file of Station House Officer, Saroornagar WPS (Rachakonda), Rachakonda, filed for the offences punishable under Sections 498-4, 406 and 506 of Indian Penal Code (for short "IPC') and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition I Act 2.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners - Accused and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent - State. Perused the material on record.
The 2nd respondent - de facto complainant filed a complalnt alleging that she was married to accused No.1 on 04.03.2018 and at the time of marriage, certain dowry was also given. Thereafter, she joined her husband at U.S.A. However, several issues arose in
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ORDER
* {7Espr, CRLP.No.1709 of 2023 I DISPOSING OF THE CRLP WITHOUT COSTS ?
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