Citation : 2026 Latest Caselaw 677 Tel
Judgement Date : 13 April, 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA
CRIMINAL PETITION No.8517 of 2023
DATE OF ORDER:13.04.2026
Between:
Ameena Neha
...Petitioner/Accused No.4
AND
The State of Telangana
rep. by its Public Prosecutor & another.
...Respondents
ORDER
1. This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of The Code
of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, 'Cr.P.C) seeking to quash the
proceedings against the petitioner/accused No.4 in C.C.No.5569 of
2023, on the file of the learned XV Additional Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under
Sections 498A, 406 and 506 read with 34 of IPC and Sections 4 & 6
of Dowry Prohibition Act.
2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned
Additional Public Prosecutor has submitted that during pendency of
this Criminal petition, another Criminal Petition vide Crl.P.No.6579 of 2024 along with I.A.Nos.2 & 3 of 2024 were filed by accused Nos.1
to 5 seeking to quash the proceedings against them by recording
compromise between both parties. Subsequently, the matter was
referred to High Court Legal Services Committee for identification of
parties and to submit a report, pursuant to which, the proceedings
against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 5 therein were quashed
vide orders dated 02.08.2024 passed in I.A.Nos.2 & 3 of 2024 in
Crl.P.No.6579 of 2024. Since the proceedings against the
petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 5 were quashed, the subject
C.C.No.5569 of 2023 which is pending before the Trial Court was
disposed of on 12.11.2024 as uncontested. Hence, the cause in the
Criminal Petition seeking quash of the said CC does not survive as
the same has become infructuous.
3. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous.
The e-Courts information furnished by the learned Additional Public
Prosecutor in respect of the subject CC forms part of the record.
4. Miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed.
____________________________ JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA Date:13.04.2026 ysk
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