CRLP/2994/2025 of KATAMANENI VENKATESWARLU Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010138052025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3457] (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY ,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2994/2025 Between: Katamaneni Venkateswarlu and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. VENKATA LAKSHMINARASIMHA RAO RAYAPATI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: Contd..2P.. -2- CRL.P. No.2994 of 2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.2994 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. The petitioners were arraigned as A.2 to A.4 in Crime No.275 of 2024 of Machavaram Police Station, Vijayawada City, NTR District, registered for the alleged offences under Sections 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the 1st petitioner is the father, the 2nd petitioner is the sister of A.1, and the 3rd petitioner is the husband of the 2nd petitioner. I