IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: WEDNESDAY ,THE EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE AMARAVATI €9 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI LA.NOS: 1 AND 2 OF 2024 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2214 OF 2023 Between: Gudur Krishna Sahit Reddy, S/o G. Rama Sesha years, R/o. Flat No. 133/A, Srinilayam, 5th Cross, 28th Main Road, HSR Layout, Sector-I, Bangalore, Karnataka State. (A-1) Reddy, Aged about 32 ...Petitioner/Accused AND 1. State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its The SHO Guntur, Rep. by Public Prosecutor Amaravathi. Women Police Station, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at ...Respondent/Respondent 2, Sanikommu Tulasi Niharika, W/o. Gudur Krishna Sahit Reddy, D/o. Sanikommu Venkata Reddy, Aged about 26 years, R/o. D.No,5-67- 77/A, 4/20 Brodipet, Guntur, Guntur District. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to call for the records in C.C.No.11 of 2023 on the file of the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate of I Class for Excise, Guntur, Guntur District., and quash the same so far as the petitioner is concerned. I.A. NO: 1 OF 2024 Between: Sanikommu Tulasi Niharika, W/o. Gudur Krishna Sahit Reddy, D/o. Sanikommu Venkata Reddy, Aged about 26 years, R/o. D.No.5-67- 77/A, 4/20 Brodipet, Guntur, Guntur District. ...Petitioner/2"'' Respondent/ De-facto Complainant AND 1. Gudur Krishna Sahit Reddy, S/o G. Rama Sesha Reddy, Aged about 32 years, R/o. Flat No. 133/A, Srinilayam, 5th Cross, 28th Main Road, HSR Layout, Sector-I, Bangalore, Karnataka State. (A-1) ...Respondent/Petitioner/Accused No.1 2. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its The SHO, Women Police Station, Guntur, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. ...Respondent/Respondent No.1 Petition under Section 528 R/W 359 (2) of BNSS 2023 praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to record compromise in o C.C.No.11 of 2023 on the file of the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate of I Class for Excise, Guntur, Guntur District., by quashing the same. I.A. NO: 2 OF 2024 Between: Tulasi Niharika, W/o. Gudur Krishna Sahit Reddy, D/o. Sanikommu Sanikommu Venkata Reddy, Aged about 26 years, R/o. D.No.5-67- 77/A, 4/20 Brodipet, Guntur, Guntur District. ...Petitioner/2"'' Respondent/ De-facto Complainant AND 1. Gudur Krishna Sahit Reddy, S/o G. Rama Sesha Reddy, Aged about 32 years, R/o. Flat No. 133/A, Srinilayam, 5th Cross, 28th Main Road, HSR Layout, Sector-I, Bangalore, Karnataka State. (A-1) ...Respondent/Petitioner/Accused No.1 2. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its The SHO, Women Police Station, Guntur, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. ...Respondent/Respondent No.1 Petition under Section 528 R/W 359 (6) of BNSS 2023 praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition Respondent/De-facto Complaint to compromise Respondent/Petitioner/Accused No.2 shall quash C.C.No.11 of 2023 on the file of the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate of I Class for Excise, nd the High Court may be pleased to permit the Petitioner/2 the case with the 1 e Guntur, Guntur District., for the offences under Sections 498(A), 420, 506 323 IPC and Section 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act in the present case. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri S Dilip Jaya Ram, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and of Sri Ratan Mohan Medida, Advocate for the Respondent No.2 The Court made the following COMMON ORDER: «• APHC010143822023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVAT [33( WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI r.RlMINAL PETITION NO: 2214/20^ THE Between; 1 GUDUR KRISHNA SAHIT REDDY, RAMA SESHA REDDY AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS, SRINILAYAM, 5TH CROSS, 28TH MAIN ^O^D /HSR LAYOUT, SECTOR-I, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA STATE ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1 thF state of ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS THE WOMEN POLICE STATION, GUNTUR HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA SHO, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR PRADESH AT AMARAVATHl. 2 SANIKOMMU TULASI NIHARIKA, W/0. SAHIT REDDY D/0. SANIKOMMU VENKATA R^DDY aged about 26 YEARS, R/0, D.NO,5-67-77/A, 4/20 BRODIPET, GUNTUR, GUNTUR DISTRICT. ...RESP0NDENT/C0MPLAINANT(S); Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.S DILIP JAYA RAM Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S); 1 RATAN MOHAN MEDIDA 2.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following; 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI lA Nos.1 and 2 of 2024 in/and Criminal Petition No:2214 of 2023 COMMON ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. (Section 528 of B.N.S.S., 2023) has been filed on behalf of the petitioner herein/Accused No.1, to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.11 of 2023 on the file of the Special Judicial Magistrate of I Class for Excise, Guntur, Guntur District. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner/ Accused No.1 and learned counsel representing for the unofficial respondent No.2 (defacto-complainant) and learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the State present. 2. matter is taken up, petitioner respondent herein are present before this Court. They produced their respective Aadhaar Cards proof of their identity. Learned counsel for the petitioner / Accused No.1 and the learned counsel for the 2'"'^ respondent have identified both the parties in the open Court. 3. Today, when the nd herein/Accused No.1 and 2 in This Court has questioned 2"^^ respondent herein/de facto complainant with regard to compromise, and she categorically 4. stated to that extent that sh'e has voluntarily entered into No.1. This Court of the parties and voluntariness view of the compromise between conviction are remote and bleak. compromise with the petitioner herein/Accused IS satisfied with the identification in arriving at the compromise. In vi the parties, the chances of 5. In the light of judgment of the case of Gian Singh Vs. State quashing of criminal Hon’ble Apex Court in the of Punjab & another^ entered into Petition is allowed and on the file of I Class for Excise, Guntur, against the petitioner herein/Accused on case, when the parties settlement and compromise, the Criminal therefore, the case proceedings in C.C.No.11 of 2023 of the Special Judicial Magistrate Guntur District, hereby quashed. No.1 is 6. Accordingly, I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2024 No.2214 of 2023 are allowed. and Criminal Petition As a sequel thereto, the interlocutory pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand applications, if any, closed. 1 2012 (9) Scale 257 SD/- P VINOD KUMAR assistant registrar //TRUE COPY// To, SEi OFFICER 1. The Special Judicial Magistrate District. 2. The Station House Officer, of I Class for Excise Guntur, Guntur Women Police Station, Guntur. 3. One CC to Sri S Dilip Jaya Ram, Advocate [OPUC] 4. One CC to Sri M. Ratan Mohan, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. Three CD Copies sree 0 HIGH COURT DATED:08/01/2025 COMMON ORDER I.A.Nos.1 & 2 of 2024 IN/AND CRLP.No.2214 of 2023 fSTANDH^ X 2 9 JAN 2025 m Co Current beciion jPgSPATCV;^^ ALLOWING THE I.A.NOS.1 & 2 OF 2024 AND ALLOWING THE CRIMINAL PETITION