APHC010299922025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6250/2025 Between: 1. KOMMASANI SRINIVASULA REDDY AND ANOTHER, S/O. KOMMASANI RAMIREDDY, AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS, OCC ADVOCATE, R/O. 16-33, BALAYYA NAGAR, RAVIPADU ROAD, NEAR SATYANAFAYAN SWAMY TEMPLE, RAVIPADU, NARASARAOPETA MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. MALASANI MANOHAR REDDY,, S/O. M. THIMMA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, OCC ADVOCATE, R/O. 8-3-324 FLAT NO. 414, B-BLOCK, KRISHNA APARTMENTS, YELLAREDDYGUDA, OPP COSMOS BANK, AMEERPET, KHAIRATABAD, HYDERABAD. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, THE STATE OF AP AND ANOTHER 2. GUNDALA SIVA PRASAD REDDY, S/O. ANKI REDDY, AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, C/. REDDY, NTR COMMISSIONERATE, VIJAYAWADA, NTR DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. S DUSHYANTH REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PARTY IN PERSON 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 COMMON ORDER: The instant petition under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 and 2, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in P.R.C.No.8 of 2025 on the file of the Court of Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class-cum-Junior Civil Judge, Malgalagiri for the offences under Sections 307 and 506 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’). 2. I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 are filed by Respondent No.2 seeking permission to compound the offences and to record the compromise between him and the Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 and 2. 3. Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 and 2 and Respondent No.2 appeared before this Court and were identified by their respective learned counsel. 4. Both parties would submit that they came to an amicable settlement for withdrawal of the case in P.R.C.No.8 of 2025 on the file of the Court of Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class-cum-Junior Civil Judge, Malgalagiri pending between them and a Joint Memo is also filed to that effect. Respondent No.2 submits that, at the intervention of elders, common friends and well-wishers on both sides, the matter has been settled between the parties and they are not interested to prosecute the matter and hence, the case may be closed. 3 5. Considering the submissions, in the light of the judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court in Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab and another1, in view of the compromise entered into between the parties, since there is an amicable settlement between them, I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 are allowed. Consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the case against the Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 and 2 in P.R.C.No.8 of 2025 on the file of the Court of Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class-cum- Junior Civil Judge, Malgalagiri for the offences under Sections 307 and 506 read with 34 IPC, is hereby quashed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:15.09.2025 Dinesh 1 2012(10)SCC 303 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION No. 6250/2025 Dt.15.09.2025 Dinesh