Justice G. Radha Rani of Telangana High Court had awarded punishment of four-week imprisonment to four officers of Hyderabad Police Commissionerate, including Additional Commissioner (Crimes) A.R. Srinivas, in a contempt of court case.
The judge suspended the sentence for four weeks, giving time for the contemnors to go for an appeal. The contempt of court petition was filed by two Non-Resident Indians, a septuagenarian Jakka Sowjanya Reddy and her son J. Vinod Kumar Reddy alleging that the police filed charge-sheet in a case of dowry harassment and domestic violence without issuing them the mandatory notice under Section 41-A of Criminal Procedure Code.
Mr. Vinod Kumar Reddy’s wife Sumana Paruchuri lodged a complaint with the Jubilee Hills police on November 14, 2019 leading to registration of a case against him and his mother.. Initially, sections 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) were invoked against them but eventually sections 498A and 506 of Indian Penal Code and sections of the Domestic Violence Act.
