APHC010400352023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5857/2023 Between: 1. NANDAMURI LAKSHMI,, W/O. SIVA KUMAR, AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS, R/O. FLAT NO.906, MUPPA'S ALANKRITA APARTMENTS, NARSINGI, HYDERABAD. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED A N D 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP.BY THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, PATAMATA POLICE STATION, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT, REP.BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT A.P.AT AMARAVATHI. 2. KARUMANCHI AMANI, W/O. NANDAMURI SHRAVAN, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, R/O. 56-4-23/3A, 3RD FLOOR, GADDE RAMASWAMY STREET, HIGH SCHOOL ROAD, PATAMATA, VIJAYAWADA. ...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 Court pleased to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.5704 of 2022, IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada Krishna District, and consequential cognizance of the offence against the petitioner and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2023 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 stay all further proceedings in C.C.No.5704 of 2022, IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada Krishna District, including appearance of the petitioners, pending disposal of the criminal petition and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2024 SRK, J Crl.P.No.5857 of 2023 2 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 vacate the stay in Crl.P.No.5857 of 2023 Dt.10-08-2023 and dismiss the Crl.P.No.5857/ 2023 and to pass appropriate orders in the matter Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. RAMA RAO KOCHIRI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 2. CHALASANI AJAY KUMAR The Court made the following: SRK, J Crl.P.No.5857 of 2023 3 O R D E R This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed by the petitioner herein/Accused No.4, to quash the proceedings in Calendar Case No.5704 of 2022 pending on the file of the learned IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada, arising out a case in Crime No.201 of 2022 of Patamata Police Station, Vijayawada city, registered against the petitioner/ Accused No.4 and other accused for the offence punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner/Accused No.4 submits that the petitioner/accused No.4 and other accused faced the trial and they were acquitted of the charge punishable under Section 498A of IPC vide Judgment dated 23.10.2024 passed by the IV Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum- Additional Mahila Magistrate, Vijayawada and in view of the same, the cause in the Criminal Petition does not survive for adjudication, 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 27th April, 2026. DNB