Sri Ram Rahul, Rahul v. The State Of Telangana

THE HONOURABLE JUSTI CE G. SRI DEVI CRI MI NAL PETI TI ON No. 4 3 1 2 of 2 0 1 9 ORDER :

This Criminal Petition, under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, is filed by the petitioner/ A.1, for grant of anticipatory bail in Crime No.154 of 2019 of Women Police Station, Begumpet, registered for the offences punishable under Section 498-A of IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner/ A.1, learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/ State and perused the record.

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The case of prosecution, in brief, is that the marriage of the de facto complainant with A.1 was performed on 14.02.2019. At the time of marriage, the parents of the de facto complainant have given Rs.1,50,000/ -, 16 tulas of gold, 1.5 kgs of silver towards dowry. After their marriage, A.1 started harassing the de facto complainant physically and mentally at the instance of A.2 and A.3. Hence, the aforesaid case was registered against the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner/ A.1 would submit that the allegations levelled against the petitioner are absolutely false. The petitioner is innocent and is falsely implicated in this case and ultimately prayed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 5.

Learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the respondent-State opposed to grant bail to the petitioner.

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As seen from the contents of the FIR and other documents, the petitioner/ A.1 as well as the de facto complainant are making allegations against each other. Having regard to the nature of allegations levelled against the petitioner/ A.1, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner/ A.1. 7.

In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. However, if the petitioner/ A.1 surrenders before the Court below concerned and move an application for regular bail within a period of ten days from today, after giving prior notice to the Public Prosecutor concerned, the same may be considered in accordance with law. ___________________ JUSTI CE G. SRI DEVI 31.07.2019 ssp