The High Court · 2025

2. Smt. Naseema Sulthana, Wo. Syed Gulam Hussain, aged about 65 years, Occ- Housewife, R/o. H.No. 12-10-3-1, Rallapet, Road No.2, Machirya. ...RESPONDENT No.2/DE FACTO COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 528 of B.N.S.S. praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash proceedings in SC No.7B9 of 2024 on the file of lX Addl. Sessions Judge-cum-JHCBBC, at Hyderabad, against the Petitioners/Accused No.2 to 5. l.A. NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of B.N.S.S praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings including the appearance of the Petitioners/Accused No.2 to 5 in SC No.789 of 2024 on the file of lX Addl. Sessions Judge-cum-JHCBBC, at Hyderabad, pending disposal of the above Criminal Petition. i:t<..t: .;E This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing he Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the argumer s of Sri lVlD AJMAL AHMED ,Advocate for the Petitioners and Sri. Jithendei Rao Veeramalla,the Additional Public Prosecutor (TG) on behalf of the Responder No 1 The Court made the following: ORDER THE HONOURABLE SMT.JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVIEADA CRIMINAL PETITION N o.13895 of2025 ORDER This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.2 to 5 seeking to quash the proceedings in SC No.789 of 2024 on the file of lX Additional Sessions Judge cum JHCBBC, Hyderabad, for the offences undei Sections 49BA and 306 read with 34 lPC.

2. Heard tt/lr. Ajmal Ahmed, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional public Prosecutor for the respondent No.'l-State

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the de facto complainant is the mother of the victim and the pelilroner Nos.1 and 2 are the parents-in-law, petitioner No.3 is the sister-in- law and petitioner No.4 is the brother-in-law of the victim and that they never abetted the victim to commlt suicide. He further submitted that the petitioners herein never resided with the victim at any point of time and that they never harassed her or never instigated her to commit suicide. Though there were marital disputes between accused No.'1 and the victim, the petitioners are innocent and they never got involved in the said disputes between them. He, therefore, prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. \ 2""' 2 ETD,) Ctl.P. No,l3A96ol2025

4. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor l-z s submitted that there are specific allegations that the petitioners hr: ein have abetted the suicide of the victim and there is also pro;< nity of the time between the alleged incident of harassment rnd the suicide committed by the victim. Therefore, he praye< to dismiss the petition

5. Perused the record

6. The contents of the complaint and the st, rtement of 1W.1, who is the mother of the deceased, point out that I e in-laws i.e. the petitioners herein used to harass the victim menta y and physically and time and again used to instigate her to go and lie. There was a constant harassment by the petitioners herein for I 'ant of additional dowry. Further, it is alleged that out of suspicion, I ey got the victim tonsured and that the husband of the victim i.e. zrr cused No.'1 had illicit intimacy with other ladies. lt is further llleged that on

02.10.2023 at about 4.00 p.m., accused No.1 hra ; entered into a quarrel with Ihe de facto complainant and that she 1 acified the issue and returned to her home on 03.10.2023. lmmeci rtely on the next day on 04.10.2023 at about 11.00 a.m., she recei, ed a phone call from accused No.1 intimating about the death r f her daughter, Thus, there are allegations pointing out the ha r rssment by the *,"" I I I I 3 c.l.P, No.t3896 0l 2025 petitioners for want of additional dowry and the incident of getting the victim tonsured on the ground of suspicion. LWs.7 to 9 are shown as independent witnesses in the charge sheet. The veracity of these witnesses and the truth or otherwise in the allegations need to be tested during the course of trial. Hence, it is deemed appropriate to dispense with the attendance of the petitioners before the trial court

7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of dispensing with the attendance of the petitioners before the trial court, provided they are represented by a counsel on every date of hearing before the trial court and they shall appear before the trial court whenever their presence is required during the course of trial lt/liscellaneous Petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed SO/. L.VIJAYA LAXMI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// CTION OFFICER To,

1. lX Additional Sessions Judge-cum-JHCBBC,Hyderabad 2. The Vll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate At Hyderabad. 3. The Station House Officer, SantoshnagarPolice Station, Hyderabad. 4. One CC to SRI MD AJMAL AHMED, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad. [OUT]

6. Two CD Copies. AR /PSL ]t*/ HIGH COURT DATED:11/11/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.13896 of 2025 c o 1t [:; l\ )) i/ t -\._ _ : )i]tt,\\\1'l ). 7 DISPOSING OF THE CRL.P. 1 .ed"b 'X,v a-lx'