APHC010441772023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6850/2023 Between: Vallabhaneni Damodar Naidu ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. KAVITHA GOTTIPATI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PARIMI RAMA RAYUDU 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N IA Nos.1 & 2 of 2025 in/and Criminal Petition No:6850 of 2023 COMMON ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. corresponding to Section 528 of B.N.S.S., 2023 has been filed on behalf of the petitioner herein/Accused, to quash the proceedings in SC.SPL.No.62 of 2023 on the file of the learned IV Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-SC, ST Court, Guntur. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner/Accused, learned counsel representing for the unofficial respondent No.2/de facto complainant and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the State/respondent No.1. 3. Today, when the matter is taken up, petitioner herein/Accused, respondent No.2/de facto complainant are present before this Court. They produced their respective Aadhar cards in proof of their identity. Learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for respondent No.2 have identified both the parties in the open Court. 4. This Court has questioned respondent No.2 herein/ defacto-complainant with regard to compromise, and he 3 categorically stated to that extent that he has voluntarily entered into compromise with the petitioner herein/Accused. This Court is satisfied with the identification of the parties and voluntariness in arriving at the compromise. In view of the compromise between the parties, the chances of conviction are remote and bleak. 5. In the light of judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab & another1, on quashing of criminal case, when the parties entered into settlement and compromise, the Criminal Petition is allowed and therefore, the case proceedings in SC.SPL.No.62 of 2023 on the file of the learned IV Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum- SC, ST Court, Guntur, against the petitioner herein/Accused are hereby quashed. 6. Accordingly, I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2025 and Criminal Petition No.6850 of 2023 are allowed. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N Dated: 17.03.2025 PSA 1 2012 (9) Scale 257 4 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N IA Nos.1 & 2 of 2025 in/and Criminal Petition No:6850 of 2023 Date: 17.03.2025 PSA