B. Ananthamma Vs The State of Telangana

Katika lr/aheswari @ Malleswari, Wo.^{Late. AnjaneyrLlu,Agedabo!t. 36} years, Occ. House=wife, Rio H. No.^{11 -'1-889/5/D/3/A,AfzalSagar,} Habeebnagar. Hyderabad.

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Janaki, W/o Sai Kiran. Aged about.^{34 years, Occ. Housewife,R/o. H. No} 11-1-12C,41188, Afzal Sag5r, Seetharam 6agh,^{Nampally, Hyderabad.}

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...PETITIONERvACCUSED(S)

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AND

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1 . The State of Telangana,, Rep.^{by its PublicProsecutor,High Courtat} Hyderabad

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2 Smt. B Madhavi, Wo. B Mallesh, Aged about.41^{years,Occ. Houswife.} R/o^'1 1. No 11-1-12O4t18O, Afzal Sagar,^{HabeebN agar.Hyderabad.}

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...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANTS

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Petition under Section 528 of BNSS^{praying that in the clrcumstances} stated rn the Memorandum of Grounds^{of Criminal Petition,the HighCourt maybe} pleased to quash the proceedings agalnst the Petitioners^{/ Accused Nos. 2, 3 5 to} 7 in C C No. 1'1968 ol 2C24 and the case^{is pending on the file of the Hon'ble XV} Addl Chief Judicial Magistrate Nampally at^{Hyderabad,in the interest of justice.}

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l.A. NO:2OF 2025

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Petition under Section 528 of BNSS^{prayingthat in the circumstances} stated in the Memorandum of Grounds^{of Criminal Petition,the HighCourt maybe} pleased to stay all further proceedings including the^{appearance of the Petitioners} / Accused Nos. 2, 3, 5 to 7 in C.C. No.¹ 1968^{of 2024 and the case is pending on} the file of the Hon'ble XV Addl. Chief Judicial^{Magistrate Nampallyat Hyderabad'}

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pending disposal of he main Crimrnal Petition in the intere';t of justice, pending disposal of the marn 3riminal Petrtion rn the interest of^justici) and rray pass such other order or orders as this Hon ble Court may deern ft and proper in the circumstances of the case

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This Petttion Coming on for hearing, upon perusing tfe Memorandum of Grounds of Crimiral l)etrt on and upon hearing the argumenllj^r;f Srr M A MUJEEB .Advocate for the Petrironer Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla and the Add Public Prosecutor^(TG) or b3ha f of the Respondent No.1.

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.12862 of 2025

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ORDER:

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This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS') by the petitioners/accused Nos.2, 3 and 5 to 7 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.11968 of 2024 on the file of learned XV Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nampally at Hyderabad.

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Heard Mr.M.A.Mujeeb, learned counsel for petitioners and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent No.1-State

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Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that there are no specific allegations against the petitioners herein. He further submits that the allegations are omnibus in nature, with no specific incidents of harassment attributed to the petitioners. He, therefore, prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners.

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Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there are specific allegations against the petitioners, namely that they used to harass the de facto complainant for additional dowry, and

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that the dates of specific overt acts are also mentioned in the statement of LU/1. Hence, he prayed to dismiss the petition

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Perused the record

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The contents of the complaint and the statenre:nts recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C. indicate specific allegations of harassment against the petitioners. The truth ol otherwise of these allegations shall be considered during the course of the trial. Hence, this Court deems it appropriate to dispense with the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court

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Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is disposec! ,tf dispensing with the presence of the petitioners before the trial^rlcurt provided that they are represented by a counsel before the: trial court on every date of hearing and shall appear before the trial court

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whenever their presence is required during the cours,: of trial.

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Pending miscellaneous applications, if an,z, shall stand

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closed

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SD/- T.SRINIVASAREDDY ASS STANT REGISTRAR

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//TRUE COPY'

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