2025 INSC 1471
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NON-REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2025
(Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. of 2025
arising out of Diary No.47072 of 2023)
BELIDE SWAGATH KUMAR …APPELLANT
VERSUS
STATE OF TELANGANA & ANOTHER …RESPONDENTS
J U D G M E N T
NAGARATHNA, J.
Delay Condoned.
Leave granted.
2. This appeal arises out of the order dated 27.04.2023 passed
by the High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad in
Criminal Petition No.4364 of 2023 dismissing the criminal petition
filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for
short, “CrPC”) preferred by the accused-appellant herein, and
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thereby refusing to quash the proceedings arising out of the FIR
No.29 of 2022 dated 27.01.2022 registered with Saroornagar
Women Police Station, District Rachakonda under Section 498A of
the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, “IPC”) and Sections 3 and
4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for short, “DP Act”) and
Complaint Case No.1067 of 2022 on the file of the Additional
Metropolitan Magistrate-cum-Additional Junior Civil Judge, Ranga
Reddy District.
3. The said FIR was filed by Smt. Nalla Rashmi, the
complainant-respondent No.2, against her husband, the accused-
appellant herein, her father-in-law, one Belide Anjaiah (accused