APHC010325832022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4812/2022 Between: Atchuta Satyanarayana and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. ANASURI ESWAR SAI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. K J DAYANAND KUMAR 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 2 ORDER:- The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are challenging the registration of C.C. No. 1829 of 2020 on the file of the II Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada. It is submitted that the 2nd respondent has filed a private complaint before the learned Magistrate for the alleged offences under Section 498-A of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. This Court, while admitting the criminal petition, had directed the petitioners to take out personal notice to the 2nd respondent and also dispensed with the presence of the petitioners/accused Nos. 2 to 4 in C.C. No. 1829 of 2020, except on the dates when they are necessary to be present. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that, though the alleged incident occurred on 20.04.2018, no complaint was registered against the petitioners at that time. The 2nd respondent initially approached the police alleging harassment; however, a private complaint was filed only on 09.05.2019, after a delay of more than a year. It is submitted that, except for vague allegations, there are no specific allegations against the petitioners. It is also submitted that there are no specific allegations against each of the petitioners, and therefore, the case deserves to be quashed. 4. The learned counsel appearing for the 2nd respondent submits that the allegations of payment of dowry to petitioner Nos. 2 and 3 and the presentation of gold ornaments to the 1st accused are specifically stated along 3 with dates. It is submitted that the 2nd respondent was also admitted to the hospital, and the discharge summary is also placed on record. 5. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel appearing for the parties, this Criminal Petition is disposed off, directing the petitioners to take all the grounds as raised in the Criminal Petition before the trial Court. The interim order granted by this Court shall remain till the disposal off the case before the learned Magistrate. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N 01.04.2025 PNS