APHC010242422022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3783/2022 Between: 1. ABBU LALIT PRADEEP KUMAR, S/O. RAMESH BABU, AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS, R/O.D.NO. 8-3-231/8/131, SRI KRISHNA NAGAR, YOUSUFGUDA, HYDERABAD CITY, TELANGANA. 2. ABBU RAMESH BABU, S/O. NOT KNOWN, AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS, R/O. D.NO.22-174, RANGA SAI RESIDENCY, 2' LANE, BHARATAPET, GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH. 3. ABBU ANNAPURNA SAVITRI, W/O. ABBU RAMESH BABU, AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, R/O. D.N0.22-174, RANGA SAI RESIDENCY, 2ND LANE, BHARATAPET, GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH. 4. ABBU PRANEETHA, D/O.A RAMESH BABU, AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS, R/O. D.NO.22-174, RANGA SAI RESIDENCY, 2ND LANE, BHARATAPET, GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) A N D 1. THE STATE OFANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH THE SHO OF WOMEN PS , VISHAKAPATNAM CITY, V REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATHI. 2. A GIRISHMA, W/O ABBU LALIT PRADEEP KUMAR,AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 38-31-53/7, FLAT NO.TF-2, MARRIPALEM, GREEN GARDENS, VISHAKAPATNAM CITY, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Courtto quash the registered FIR No. 179/2022, dt.23/04/2022 before the Women P.s., Vishakapatnam City, filed against the petitioners/ Accused Nos 1 to 4 SRK, J Crl.P.No.3783 of 2022 2 herein by exercising its inherent powers under section 482 Cr.P.C. when the FIR did not disclosed the commission of a cognizable offence. IA NO: 1 OF 2022 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 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 criminal proceedings, the petitioners/ Accused Nos 1 to 4 did not obtained the certified copy of the said FIR No. 179/2022, dt.23/04/2022 before the Women P.s., Vishakapatnam City, along with complaint copy, and hence filed the photocopies of the same and the same may be dispensed with filing of the original certified copy of FIR filed before this Honble Court and pass IA NO: 2 OF 2022 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings in the registered FIRNo. 179/2022, dt.23/04/2022 before the Women P.s., Vishakapatnam City, as well as dispensing with the personal attendance of the Accused Nos 1 to 4 till the disposal of the main Quash Petition in the interest of the justice and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. GANESH PALADUGU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: SRK, J Crl.P.No.3783 of 2022 3 O R D E R This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed by the petitioners herein/Accused Nos.1 to 4, to quash the proceedings in Crime No.179 of 2022 of Women Police Station, Visakhapatnam City, registered against the petitioners herein/A1 to A4, for the offences punishable under Sections 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners/A1 to A4 submits that the cause of action in the Criminal Petition does not survive, rendering the Criminal Petition infructuous. 3. Recording the said submission, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. ___ __________ JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY 9th April, 2026. DNB