APHC010054142020 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION No. 785/2020 Between: 1. DEEPTHIMAHANTI VENKATESWARA RAO, S/O. SURYA NARAYANA MURTHY ,63 YEARS, HINDU, OLD AGE, FLAT NO.A- 2,ATHIDHI HEIGHTS,R.K.NAGAR,16TH STREET,HUKUMPET RAJAHMUNDRY, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT 2. DEEPTHIMAHANTI SEETHA RATNAM, W/O.VENKATESWARA RAO,62 YEARS, HINDU, OLD AGE, FLAT NO.A-2,ATHIDHI HEIGHTS,R.K.NAGAR,16TH STREET, HUKUMPET RAJAHMUNDRY, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, WOMEN POLICE STATION, VISAKHAPATNAM REP BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF A.P. AT AMARAVATHI. 2. CHINTALA TEJASWINI, W/O. NAREEN PAVAN,25 YEARS, HOUSE WIFE, R/O. FLAT NO.6,SREE TOWERS, VENKATESWARA COLONY, SHEELA NAGAR, GAJUWAKA, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to Quash the C.C.4147/ 2019 on the file of 1St Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. RAMBABU KOPPINEEDI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 2. THOTA S V L NARASIMHASWAMY 2 The Court made the following: ORDER: This instant Criminal Petition is filed by the Petitioners seeking the following relief: “ ... to Quash the C.C.4147/ 2019 on the file of 1St Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District and pass .... ” 2. Heard Sri Rambabu Koppineedi, learned counsel for the Petitioners, Ms.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1 -State and learned counsel for respondent No.2. Perused the material on record. 3. Learned counsel for the Petitioners would submit that Petitioners 1 and 2 are father and mother of A.1. Learned counsel would submit that the marriage of A.1 with respondent No.2 was performed on 17.05.2017 and they lived at Attapur, Hyderabad for two months and thereafter some disputes arose between the couple. Learned counsel would submit that respondent No.2 gave a complaint to the Police, which was registered as a case in Crime No.60 of 2019 of Women Police Station, Visakhapatnam and after completion of investigation, Police filed charge sheet, which is numbered as CC No.4147 of 2019 on the file of the Court of I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam, and taken cognizance of the offence punishable under Sections 498-A, 323 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, against A.1 to A.5, who are husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law sister-in-law and sister-in-law’s husband of respondent No.2. Learned counsel would submit that except omnibus 3 allegations, have nothing to do with the present case and a false case has been lodged against the Petitioners. Except bald and omnibus allegations, no specific overt acts are attributed against the Petitioners and prays for quashment of the case against the Petitioners. Learned counsel further would submit that the petition may be disposed of dispensing with the presence of the Petitioners before the trial Court and by giving liberty to the Petitioners to raise such contentions before the trial Court in defence. 4. Considering the submissions made, this Criminal Petition is disposed of and the Petitioners are at liberty to raise the present contentions before the trial Court in their defence. However, the presence of the Petitioners/A.1 and A.2 before the trial Court is dispensed with, except on the specific dates as directed by the trial Court. Pending applications, if any, shall stand closed. DR.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Mjl/* 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Criminal Petition No. 785 of 2020 17.07.2025 Mjl /*