Kati Uppalaiah, Vs The State of Telangana

Mrs. Malluri Sagarika,, Wo. Kati Vikas, aged about 33^years, Occ. Housewife, R/o.H.No.1 1-3-386/3lN1, Flat No.302, Srinivasa Omkar Residency, Srinvas Nagar, Padma Rao Nagar, Secunderabad - 500061.

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... RESPON DENT'DEFACTO.COM PLAINANT

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Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances statedⁱⁿ the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court^{may be pleased} toto call for the records in C.C.No.5823 of 2025 on the file of the^{Xlll Additional} Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manoranjan Complex at Nampally,^Hyderabad, registered under sections 498 (A), 406, 506 IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of^Dowry Prohibition Act and quash the same against the Petitioners

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l.A. NO: 2 OF 2026

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Petition under Section 528 of BNSS^{prayingthat in the circumstances stated in} the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal^{Petition, the High Court may be pleased to} grant stay of alt further proceedings including the appearance of^{the Petitionersin} C.C.No.5823 cfi 2025 on the file of the^{Xlll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate} Manoranjan Complex at Nampally,^{Hyderabad,pending disposalof the above} Criminal petiticn

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This Petition coming on for hearing, upon^perusing the^{Memorandum of} Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon^{hearingthe argumentsof Sri PADAMATI} VAIVISHI KRISHNA , Advocate for the Petitioner and^{Mr [M.Ramachandra reddy} Additional Put,lic Prosecutor on behalf^of the^{Respondent No1. and none appear for} the Respondert No2.

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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IN

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AT HYDERABAD

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO

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CRIMINAL PETITION No.1484 of 2026

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Date206.02.2026

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Between:

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Kati Uppalaiah and another

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petitioners/accused Nos.2 and 3

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AND

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The State of Telangana, represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad and another.

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.respondents

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ORDER

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This Criminal Petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.5823 of 2025, on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Manoranjan Complex at Nampally, Hyderabad, wherein the petitioners were arrayed as accused Nos.2 and 3 for the offences punishable under Sections 498-4, 406 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short 'IPC') and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 196l (for short 'DPAct').

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Heard Mr. Padamati Vamshi Krishna, learned counsel for the petir.ioners and Mr. M. Ramachandra Reddy, leamed Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.l.

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Though the criminal petition was filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.5823 of 2025, the learned counsel for the petitioners restricted his prayer requesting this Court to dispense with the appearance of the petitioners/accused Nos.2 and 3 in C.C.No.5823 of 2025, on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropol:,tan Magistrate, Manoranjan Complex at Nampally, Hyderabad, on the ground that petitioners are residing at Kothagudem, Bhadradri District. It is very difficult for the petitioner:; to travel for long distances for every date of adjournmr:nt in the Trial Court, as such the learned counsel sought fol' dispensing with the presence of petitioners before the Trial Court.

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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor has not opposed

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the submir;sion made by the learned counsel for petitioners.

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In view of the above submissions, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the presence of the petitioners/accused Nos.2 and 3 in C.C.No.5823 of 2025, on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Manoranjan Complex at Nampally, Hyderabad, is dispensed with, subject to the condition that the petitioners/accused Nos.2 and 3 shall be represented by their counsel on every date of hearing, unless their presence is specifically required during the course of the trial. [n the event of non-appearance of petitioners/accused Nos.2 and 3 on any date so fixed by the trial Court, the trial Court shall be entitled to proceed with the matter in accordance with law.

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