The High Court · 2025

1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court Compound, Hyderabad.

2. Vasam Saritha, W/o Vasam Agaian, Aged about 57 yrs, Occ: Housewife, Rl/o H.No.6-1-174lA/3/1, Bapuji Nagar, Musheerabad, Hyderabad.500020 (Deceased D. Sandhya Rani Mother) ...RESPONDENTS/DEFACTO COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 528 of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings in S.C.No.S'1 1 of 2024 on dt., 06.09.2024 on the file of the Court of the ll Additional Sessions Judge, Medchal-Malkajgiri arising out of FIR No.'t 53 of 2024, Dt., 12.02.2024, U/Sec., 498 (A) and 306 IPC Act. l.A. NO:2OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings in S.C.No.5'l 1 oI 2024 on dt., 06.O9.2024 on the file of the Court of the ll Additional Sessions Judge, Medchal- Malkajgiri arising out of FIR No.153 of 2024, DI.,12.02.2024, U/Sec., 498 (A) and 306 IPC Act including appearance of the Petitioner in the, said case pending disposal of the main case in the interest of justice. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing 're l\/emorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition and upon hearing the argurr rnts of sri Vempati lVlallikarjun Shastry, Advocate for the Petitioners and cf Sri Jithender Rao -elangana on behalf Veeramalla, the Additional Public Prosecutor for the State o1 of the Respondent No.1 and None appeared for Respondent o 2. The Court made the following: ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.17 5O1 of2025 Date:29.12.2025 Between: Degala Pushpamma and another AND The State of Telangana, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court Compound, Hyderabad ahd another . . . Petitioners ... Respondents ORDER This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for sho( 'BNSS') to quash the proceedings in S.C.No.S1 1 of 2024 on lhe file of learned ll Additional Sessions Judge, Medchal-Malkajgiri District, for the offences under Sections 498-4 and 306 of lndian Penal Code, 1860 (for short'lPC') 2 E'ID, J Crl.P 17501 2025

2. Heard Mr.Vempati Mallikarjuna Shastry, l: trned counsel for the petitioners and Mr, Jithender Rao Veer: nalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the res I rndent No. 1 .

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners sui nits that the petitioners are the in-laws of the deceased and t rat they never harassed her, who was their daughter-in-law. He rrther submits that they were residing separately from accuserl No.1 and the deceased, and that they never, uttered any abus rve words nor subjected the deceased to harassment, and that they are now facing false allegations at the instance of the nother of the deceased, who is the de facto complainant. He 1 rrther submits that the petitioners are aged and find it difficult to attend the proceedings, and that continuation of the proce:r dings against them amounts to abuse of process of law. He, the 'efore, prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners.

4. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor suk 'nits that the contents of the complaint and the investigation r :veal that the petitioners used abusive and vulgar language against the deceased and that there are several incidents r f harassment \ttributed to them. lt is further submitted that the )etitioners are .! ETD, J Crl.P 17501 2025 facing allegations of abetting the suicide of the deceased. He, therefore, prayed to dismiss the petition

5. Perused lhe record.

6. The contents of the complaint, the recitals of the charge sheet, and the statements of witnesses point out harassment against the deceased. A perusal of the complaint reveals that vulgar language was used in harassing the victim, and even when the parents of the deceased intervened, the petitioners abused them in vulgar language. Further, it is alleged that the accused attributed mental illness to the deceased and insulted her and that due to the unbearable harassment the deceased committed suicide. The petitioners herein are facing allegations under Sections 498-4 and 306 of the lPC, and the allegations are serious in nature. Hence, this Court does not find any ground to interfere with the proceedings at this stage

7. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is disposed of dispensing with the presence of the petitioners before the trial court provided that they are represented by a counsel before the trial court on I I To 1 2 3

4. 5. PrlSa 4 I]TD, I Crl.P 17501 2025 !:. every date of hearing and shall appear before lhe trial court whenever their presence is required during the corr se of trial As a sequel, the miscellaneous petitrons p rnding, if any, shall stand closed Ii I/- MOMINA MEHAR REGISTRAR \T;ISTANT A y' -__-t ,TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER \ I I \,/ The ll Additional Session Judge at Medchal Malkaioiri. The S-tation House officer, l"toinieiii-poiir" SilrlYi,'vr , rchar District. Iyo""?r";1",33Pu One CC to Two CD Copies V'emoati A/allikarjun Shastry, Advocate [r: DUC] b lic P rosecuto r, u ig n ;;;; ;;; i#'"i, r, or re ra n ga ; a, at -Sri. W \ \ HIGH COURT DATED: 2911212025 ,ilE ! l/l Oo( JAl,| 2026 'Jt ( SP.\TC} . L--.: 7 z.a.\ ir' 'tt' ORDER CRLP.No.17501 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE CRL.PETITION 7\