APHC010485332025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] FRIDAY,THE NINETEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.1 & 2 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9830/2025 Between: 1. ADDA VISWA JAGADEESH, S/O SATYANARAYANA, AGED 25 YEARS, R/O TENUKULU, BANK COLONY, BHIMAVARAM 2. ADDA LAKSHMI KALYANI, W/O SATYANARAYANA, AGED 48 YEARS, R/O TENUKULU, BANK COLONY, BHIMAVARAM. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATHI 2. ADDA SANTOSHI KUMARI, D/OTHOTA SEETHARAMULU, R/O KOMMUGUDEM VILLAGE, TADEPALLIGUDEM MANDAL, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. KANUKOLANU SRI SAI SANJAY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. VARADAM SAI LIKHITH 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: The instant petition under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed by the Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 and 2, seeking quashment of the proceedings against them in C.C.No.436 of 2024 2 on the file of the Court of II Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Bhimavaram for the offences under Sections 498-A and 506 read with 34 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2025 are filed by Respondent No.2/De facto complainant seeking permission to compound the offences and compromise the matter with the Petitioners. 3. Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 and 2 and Respondent No.2 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. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor is in attendance. 5. Both parties would submit that they came to an amicable settlement and filed a joint memo to that effect for withdrawal of the present case pending between them and Respondent No.2/De facto complainant would submit that, at the intervention of elders and well-wishers on both sides, the matter has been compromised between them. As such, she intends to withdraw the case against the Petitioners. 6. The present case has been lodged based on the matrimonial disputes between the parties and Respondent No.2 filed her affidavit wherein it was stated that she is intending to withdraw the case against the Petitioners in view of the amicable settlement between them. 7. Considering the submissions, in terms of the compromise arrived at by the parties, and in the interest of justice, I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2025 are allowed. 3 Consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the case against the Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 and 2 in C.C.No.436 of 2024 on the file of the Court of II Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Bhimavaram, is hereby quashed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:19.09.2025 Dinesh 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.9830 /2025 Dt.19.09.2025 Dinesh