APHC010177632025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3856/2025 Between: Kavala Krishna Murthy and Others The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. YASWANTH GADE Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3856/2025 Kavala Krishna Murthy and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): YASWANTH GADE Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: [3457] ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N I.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3856 of 2025 COMMON ORDER: The instant petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short BNSS) has been filed by the petitioner/accused, seeking to quash entire proceedings in FIR.No.257 of 2020 on the file of Sithanagaram Police Station, Sithanagaram, East Godavari District. 2. I.A.No.2 of 2025 is filed by the 2nd respondent/de- facto complainant and petitioners Nos.1 to 7/Respondents Nos.1 to 7, seeking to compound the criminal case in FIR No.257 of 2020 on the file of Sithanagaram Police Station, Sithanagaram, East Godavari District 3. I.A.No.3 of 2025 is filed by the 2nd respondent/de- facto complainant, seeking to compound the criminal case in FIR No.257 of 2020, by recording compromise. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing respondent No.1/State as well as learned counsel representing for the unofficial respondent No.2 are present. 3 5. Today, when the matter is taken up, petitioners Nos.1 to 7 and the respondent No.1 are present before this Court. Learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for respondent No.2 have identified the parties in the open Court. 6. This Court has questioned the respondent No.2 with regard to compromise, and he categorically stated to that extent that he has voluntarily entered into compromise with the petitioners herein. This Court is satisfied with the identification of the parties and voluntariness in arriving at the compromise. 7. Since, the parties entered into settlement and compromise, the Criminal Petition is allowed and therefore, the proceedings in FIR.No.257 of 2020 on the file of Sithanagaram Police Station, Sithanagaram, East Godavari District, against the petitioners herein is hereby quashed. 8. Accordingly, I.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 and Criminal Petition No.3856 of 2025 are allowed. As a sequel, Interlocutory Applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N KKV 10.04.2025 4 117 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N I.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3856 of 2025 10.04.2025 KKV