APHC010398832025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] TUESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8153/2025 Between: 1. ATHAKULA RAMASWAMY, S/O LATE MUNASWAMY AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, R/O.D.NO. 8-559, KRISHNAPURAM VILLAGE, RENIGUTNA MANDAL CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 2. SREERAM CHANDRAIAH, S/O LATE S.RAMAIA, AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS, R/O.D.NO. 7-378, KOTHURU KRISHNAPURAM VILLAGE, RENIGUNTA MANDAL, CASTE BY MUTHARASI, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 3. SREERAM RAJU, S/O S.MURALI, AGED ABOUT 22 YEARS, D.NO. 7-377, KOTHI KOTHURU KRISHNAPURAM VILLAGE, RENIGUNTA MANDAL, CASTE BY MUTHARASI, CHITTOOR DISTRICT 4. BONUPALLI SUJAN KUMAR, S/O B. RAMAIAH, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 6-26, MRRIMAKULA KANDRIGA, MAMBEDU POST, VEDURUKUPPAM MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 5. ETIPAKULA MAHESH, S/O E. CHINNA CHECHAIAH, AGED ABOUT 22 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 7-382, KOTHURU KRISHNAPURAM VILLAGE, RENIGUNTA MANDAL, CASTE BY MUTHARASI CHITTOR DISTRICT. 6. BONUPALLI SURESH, S/O B. RAMAIAH, AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, R/O.D.NO. 6-26, MARRIMAKULA KANDRIGA, MAMBEDU POST, VEDURUKUPPAM MANDAL, CHITTOOR DIST. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATHI. 2. MANDYAM MUNEENDRA, S/O. MANDYAM CHENGAIAH, AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS, R/O. KOTHURU KRISHNAPURAM VILLAGE AND POST, RENIGUNTA MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 2 3. M KRISHNA KUMAR, S/O. K. MUDDURRAYULU AGED ABUT 40 YEARS, R/O. PATHURU KRISHNAPURAM VILLAGE, RENIGUNTA MANDAL. (LW.8) CHITTOOR DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. GUDISEVA VENKATA SAI KIRAN Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 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 to 6, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in S.C.No.211 of 2024 on the file of the Court of X Additional District and Sessions Judge, Tirupati for the offences under Sections 323, 324, 326 and 307 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’). 2. I.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 are filed by Respondent Nos.2 and 3 seeking permission to compound the offences and to record the compromise between them and the Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 to 6. 3. Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 to 6 and Respondent Nos.2 and 3 appeared before this Court and were identified by their respective learned counsel. Copies of their Aadhar cards attested by their respective counsel are filed for proper identification. 4. Both parties would submit that they came to an amicable settlement for withdrawal of the case in S.C.No.211 of 2024 on the file of 3 the Court of X Additional District and Sessions Judge, Tirupati pending between them and a Joint Memo is also filed to that effect. Respondent Nos.2 and 3 submit that, at the intervention of elders 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. 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.2 and 3 of 2025 are allowed. Consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the case against the Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 to 6 in S.C.No.211 of 2024 on the file of the Court of X Additional District and Sessions Judge, Tirupati for the offences under Sections 323, 324, 326 and 307 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:09.09.2025 Dinesh 1 2012(10)SCC 303 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8153/2025 Dt.09.09.2025 Dinesh