IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR f fern I FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N I.A No.1 of 2025 In/And CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5554 OF 2024 Between: 1. Thokala Prudhvi Raj, S/o. Purnachandra Rao, Aged about 32 Army, R/o. Repalle Town, Repalle Mandal, Bapatia District 2. Thokala Ramadevi, W/o. Purnachandra Rao, Aged about 51 Housewife, R/o. Repalle Town Repalle Mandal, Bapatia District. 3. Dakkumalla Lalithadevi, W/o. Swaroop Kumar, Aged about 36 Housewife, Nambur Village, Pedakakani Mandal. Guntur District. 4. Dakkumalla Swaroop Kumar, S/o. Nageswara Rao Aged about 40 years. Doctor, Nambur Village, Pedakakani Mandal, Guntur District. years. years. years. ...Petitioners/Accused AND 1. The State: Sub-Inspector of Police, Tsundur P.S. Guntur District, rep. by its Public Prosecutor at High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...Respondent/Complainant 2. Smt. Thokala Ramadevi, W/o. Prudhvi Raj, Aged about 26 Ambedkarnagar Village, Tsundur Mandal, Guntur District. years, ...Respondent/De-facto Complainant praying that in the Petition under Section 528 of BNSS circo,mStances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition the'HIgh Cdurt may be pleased to call for records in connection with the case in/C.C. No. 875 of 2022 on the file of II Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Tenali which was registered for the alleged offences under section under section 498-A of IPC and Secs. 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act and to quash the same against the petitioners herein as it is illegal, arbitrary, unjust and abuse of process of law and the allegations do not attract the ingredients of the alleged offences. S '• J I.A. NO: 1 OF 2024 praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings in C.C. No. 875 of 2022 on the file of II Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Tenali. Petition under Section 528 of BNSS I I I.A. NO: 1 OF 2025 i Between: I 1. Smt. Thokala Ramadevi, W/o. Prudhvi Raj, Aged about 26 years. Ambedkarnagar Village, Tsundur Mandal, Guntur District. I li ...Petitioner/ Respondent/De-facto Complainant AND 1. Thokala Prudhvi Raj, S/o. Purnachandra Rao, Aged about 32 years. Army, R/o. Repalle Town, Repalle Mandal, Bapatia District 2. Thokala Ramadevi, W/o. Purnachandra Rao, Aged about 51 years. Housewife, R/o. Repalle Town, Repalle Mandal, Bapatia District. 3. Dakkumalla Lalithadevi, W/o. Swaroop Kumar, Aged about 36 years. Housewife, Nambur Village, Pedakakani Mandal. Guntur District. 4. Dakkumalla Swaroop Kumar, S/o. Nageswara Rao Aged about 40 years. Doctor, Nambur Village, Pedakakani Mandal, Guntur District. ...Respondents/Petitioners/Accused 5. The State; Sub-Inspector of Police, Tsundur P.S. Guntur District, rep. by its Public Prosecutor at High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 359 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant leave to me to compound the* offence under section 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Karanki Yaswanth, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and of Sri M.A Hameed Baig, Advocate for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following Common Order: APHC010337462024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5554/2024 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED{S) Thokala Prudhvi Raj and Others AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) The State subinspector Of Police and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused{S): 1. KARAN KIYASWANTH Counsel for the Respondent/connplainant{S): 1.ABDUL HAMEED BAIG MOHAMAAD 2.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following; 2 I.A.No.1 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION N0.5554 of 2024 COMMON ORDER: The instant petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik 2023 (for short BNSS) has been filed by the Suraksha Sanhita petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4, seeking quashment of the proceedings against them in C.C.No.875 of 2022 on the file of II Additional Junior Civil Judge, Tenali for the offences under Sections 498-A I PC & Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act of Tsundur Police Station. The de facto complainant filed I.A.No.1 of 2025, duly enclosinga Joint Memo entered between the petitioners as well as de facto complainant. It is 2. stated that at the intervention of elders on both sides, the petitioners and the de facto complainant have arrived at an understanding and the matter has been settled between them. X Learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel representing for the unofficial respondent No.2 (de facfo-complainant) and learned 3. y' Assistant Public Prosecutor representing respondent No.1/State are present. Today, when the matter is taken up, petitioners herein/Accused Nos.1 to 4 and 2'^'^ respondent herein are present before this Court. They produced their respective Aadhar cards in proof of their identity. Learned counsel for the 4. petitioners and the learned counsel for 2""* respondent have identified the parties in the open Court. 5. This Court has questioned 2"^ respondent herein/de facto complainant with regard to compromise, and she categorically stated to that extent that she has voluntarily entered into compromise with the petitioners herein/Accused Nos.1 to 4. This Court is satisfied with the identification of the parties and voluntariness in arriving at the compromise. Since the parties entered into settlement and compromise, the Criminal Petition is allowed and therefore, the proceedings in C.C.No.875 of 2022 on the file of II Additional Junior Civil Judge, Tenali against the petitioners herein/ Accused Nos.1 to 4 is hereby quashed. 6. 7. Accordingly, I.A.No.1 of 2025 and Criminal Petition No.5554 of 2024 allowed. are As a sequel. Interlocutory Applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. ScIZ-AVIJAYABABU assistant registrar 0^ //true copy// SECTION OFFICER To, Civil Judge (Junior Division), Tenali, Guntur District. Tsundur Police Station, Guntur District. 1. The II Additional 2 The Station House Officer Karanki Yaswanth. Advocate [OPUC] - in. Advocate [OPUC] 3. One CC to Sri CC to Sri M.A Hameed Baig, the Public Prosecutor, High 4. One 5. Two CCS to Amaravati [OUT] Court of Andhra Pradesh at 6. Two CD Copies SAM HIGH COURT DATED:20/06/2025 ORDER I.A No.1 of 2025 and/7^% In/And 15 JUL 2025 m Co Curreni asction CRLP.No.5554 of 2024 I.A No.1 of 2025 IS ALLOWED AND ALLOWING THE CRLP No.5554 of 2024