Deepthimahanti Venkateswara Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh
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Criminal Petition No. 785/2020 | High Court of A.P. at Amaravati | decided 17.07.2025 by Dr Justice Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa | Quash petition under Ss. 437/438/439/482 Cr.P.C. and S. 528 BNSS against C.C. No. 4147/2019, I Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam (Crime No. 60/2019, Women PS Visakhapatnam) | Offences: Ss. 498-A, 323 IPC; Ss. 3 & 4 Dowry Prohibition Act | Matrimonial/dowry dispute; plea of bald and omnibus allegations, no specific overt acts | Result: petition DISPOSED, not quashed; liberty to plead before trial Court; personal appearance dispensed with except on trial-Court-fixed dates | Petitioners: Deepthimahanti Venkateswara Rao, Deepthimahanti Seetha Ratnam; Respondents: State of A.P.; complainant Chintala Tejaswini | Counsel: Rambabu Koppineedi (petitioners); Priyanka Lakshmi, Asst. Public Prosecutor (State); Thota S V L Narasimhaswamy (respondent 2) | Keywords: 498-A quash petition, dispensation of personal appearance, omnibus allegations, dowry case, AP High Court 2025.