IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE • PRESENT HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9368 OF 2022 Between: Pathan Haseena Begum, W/o.Late P.lnayathulla Khan, R/o.8-1-402/337 and 338, Flat No.402, 5th Floor Classic Gulshan Apt 2, Gulshan Colony Tolichowki, Near Abubakar Mosque, Golconda Hyderabad, Telang 500008 ana- ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.2 AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Nelapadu, Amaravati, Guntur District. ... RESPONDENT No.1 / COMPLAINANT 2. Syed Afrin, W/o. Pattan Abdul Rehman, Aged about 22 Years, R/o Gulshan Colony Tolichowki, Hyderabad, Now at D.No.24/346 Power House Road, Prodattur Town, YSR Kadapa District Andhra Pradesh- 516360 ...RESPONDENT No.2 / DEFACTO COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C,1973, praying that in the ^circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition ■‘i'i '/ the High Court may be pleased to quash the Crime No.309 of 2022 on the fife of Proddatur I Town P.S., YSR Kadapa District for the alleged offences under Sections 498A of I.P.C and 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act against the Petitioner/Accused No.2 I.A. NO: 2 OF 2022 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay of all further proceedings in Crime No.309 of 2022 on the file of Proddatur I Town P.S., YSR Kadapa District for the alleged offences under Sections 498A of I.P.C and 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act against the Petitioner/Accused No.2 This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri N Sai Phanindra Kumar, Advocate for the Petitioner and Ms K. Priyanka Lakshmi, Assistant Public Prosecutor (AP), on behalf of the Respondent No.1 The Court made the following; APHC010637852022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] / / TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9368 OF 2022 Between: Pathan Haseena Begum ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANTtS) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.N SAI PHANINDRA KUMAR \ Counsel for the Respondent/complainant{S): \ 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: ORDER: The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short, “Cr.P.C.”) has been filed by the Petitioner/Accused No.2, seeking quashment of the proceedings against her in Crime No.309 of 2022,. on the file of Proddatur I Town Police Station, YSR Kadapa District, Which is registered for the offences under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. When the matter is taken up for hearing, Sri N.Sai Phanindra Kumar, 2. learned counsel for the Petitioner would submit that the petition may be disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the Petitioner. Ms.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would 3. submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. Considering the submissions made and on perusal of the material 4. placed on record, this Court is of the view that this is not a fit case for quashment against the Petitioner/Accused No.2, who is the mother-in-law of Respondent No.2. 5. In the result, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the Petitioner. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand SD/- K KASI RAO ACHARI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR closed. / //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Station House Officer, Proddatur I Town Police Station, YSR Kadapa District 2. One CC to Sri N Sai Phanindra Kumar, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CC's to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati [OUT] 4.’'^Three CD Copies MV I HIGH COURT MV DATED: 25/02/2025 \ ORDER CRLP.No.9368 of 2022 a 2 3JUL 2025 IS «o SectioQ^’y DISPOSING OFF THE CRIMINAL PETITION