APHC010134452025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2966/2025 Between: Vallamkondu Raaga Chandrika and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. AKULA SRI KRISHNA SAI BHARGAV Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. D.SUMANTH 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N IA Nos.2 & 3 of 2025 in/and Criminal Petition No:2966 of 2025 COMMON ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. corresponding to Section 528 of B.N.S.S., 2023 has been filed on behalf of the petitioners herein/Accused, to quash the proceedings in Crime No.89 of 2024 on the file of the Malkapuram Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, Visakhapatnam District. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners/Accused, learned counsel representing for the unofficial respondent No.2/de facto complainant and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the State/respondent No.1. 3. Today, when the matter is taken up, petitioners herein/Accused, respondent No.2/de facto complainant are present before this Court. They produced their respective Aadhar cards in proof of their identity. Learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for respondent No.2 have identified both the parties in the open Court. 3 4. This Court has questioned respondent No.2 herein/ defacto-complainant with regard to compromise, and he categorically stated to that extent that he has voluntarily entered into compromise with the petitioners herein/Accused. This Court is satisfied with the identification of the parties and voluntariness in arriving at the compromise. In view of the compromise between the parties, the chances of conviction are remote and bleak. 5. In the light of judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab & another1, on quashing of criminal case, when the parties entered into settlement and compromise, the Criminal Petition is allowed and therefore, the case proceedings in Crime No.89 of 2024 on the file of the Malkapuram Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, Visakhapatnam District, against the petitioners herein/Accused are hereby quashed. 6. Accordingly, I.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 and Criminal Petition No.2966 of 2025 are allowed. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N Dated: 18.03.2025 PSA 1 2012 (9) Scale 257 4 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N IA Nos.2 & 3 of 2025 in/and Criminal Petition No:2966 of 2025 Date: 18.03.2025 PSA