APHC010437402025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8948/2025 Between: 1. THOTA ASHOK KUMAR, S/O NARAYANARAO AGE 43 YEARS, D.NO.6-38, RAMALAYAM STREET,THURANGI (V) KAKINADA RURAL MANDAL. EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 2. THOTA CHANDRALA LAKSHMI, W/O NARAYANARAO AGED ABOUT 63 YRS. D.NO.6-38, RAMALAYAM STREET, THURANGI (V)- 53016. KAKINADA RURAL MANDAL. KAKINADA DISTRICT. 3. . GALI SRIDEVI, W/O V.V.S.N.BABJI, AGED ABOUT 35 YRS. D.NO.1-15-021, RADHA NAGAR, YANAM-533464. PUDUCHERRY STATE. 4. THOTA NARAYANA RAO, S/O LATE TATARAO AGED ABOUT 65 YRS. HINDU, R/O D.NO.3-38, D.NO.6-38, RAMALAYAM STREET, THURANGI (V)-53016. KAKINADA RURAL MANDAL. KAKINADA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED THROUGH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, AP HIGH COURT, AMARAVATHI. 2. THOTA SATYA SUREKHA, W/O ASHOK KUMAR AGED ABOUT 33 YRS. HINDU, PVT. EMPLOYEE, R/O D.NO.6-4-34, DANTUVARI STREET, OPP.STREET OF II TOWN PS. KAKINADA-533001. KAKINADA DISTRICT 2 ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. SRINIVASA RAO PAPPU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8948/2025 ORDER: The instant criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C)/under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against them in S.C.No.381 of 2018 dated 29.09.2018 on the file of Assistant Sessions Judge, Amalapuram for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 498-A, 384, 326-B, 307 r/w 34 of IPC & Sections 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard Sri Srinivasa Rao Pappu, learned counsel for the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4 and Ms. K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petition may be disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioners by dispensing the presence of the petitioners before the Trial Court. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 5. Considering the submissions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. However, the presence of the petitioner Nos. 2 to 4/A2 to A4 before the Trial 4 Court is dispensed with, unless their presence is specifically directed by the Trial Court. The petitioners are at liberty to raise all their contentions before the Trial Court and the Trial Judge may appreciate them and take appropriate decisions according to law. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 08.09.2025 UPS 5 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8948/2025 Dated.08.09.2025 UPS 133