APHC010465142025 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: 9235/2025 Between: 1. BANDLA AJAY BABU, S/O KRISHNA MOHAN AGED 46 YEARS,R/O FIAT NO. 394, SAI GREEN HOMES, BANDARI LAYOUT, NIJAMPET, K.V. RANGAREDDY DISTRICT, TELANGANA. 2. BANDLA SOWBHAGYAM, W/O KRISHNA MOHAN, AGE 71 YEARS, OCC HOMEMAKER, R/O FLAT NO. 394, SAI GREEN HOMES, BANDARI LAYOUT, NIJAMPET, K.V. RANGAREDDY DISTRICT, TELANGANA 3. BANDLA JYOTHI, W/O KANKOLLA SRINIVASARAO AGE 49 YEARS, OCC HOMEMAKER, R/O PLOT NO.401, PRAGATHI NAGAR, NIJAMPET, K.V. RANGA REDDY DISTRICT, TELANGANA ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI.. 2. LAKSHMI VASAVI DEVI MEKAPOTHULA, D/O VENKATA NARASIMHA RAO, AGE 39 YEARS, OCC SOFTWARE ENGINEER, R/O D.NO. 23-45, NANDAM BAPANAIAH STREET, CHILAKALURIPET - 522616 ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 2 1. T V P SAI VIHARI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9235/2025 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 3, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against them in C.C. No. 485 of 2022 on the file of learned Additional Junior Civil Judge, Chilakaluripet, for the offences punishable under Sections 498A of IPC & Sections 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard Sri T.V.P.Sai Vihari, learned counsel for the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 and Ms. K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would further 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 and 3/A2 & A3 before the Trial 4 Court is dispensed with, unless their presence is specifically directed by the Trial Court. 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: 9235/2025 Dated.08.09.2025 UPS 74