IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N lA NO. 3 & 4 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5118 OF 2025 Between: 1. Chinnakonda Mallikarjuna Reddy, S/o Anki Reddy, aged about 39 years, Occ: Private Employee, R/o H.No.31-95/A Railway station Road, Vinukonda, Palnadu District-522647. 2. Padigapati Anjireddy, S/o Nagi Reddy, Aged about 30 years, Occ: Private Employee, R/o. Putchanuthala, Nuzendia Mandal Palnadu District-522660. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED No. 1 & 2 AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through P.S., Inavole, Palnadu District, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. 2. Kotikala Nagaraju, S/o. Venkata Guruvulu, Aged about 37 years, Occ- private employee, R/o. Ravvavaram, Timmapura, Palnadu District- 522660 0:. ...RESPONDENT/DEFACTO- COMPLAINANT .'/Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the |tii^^stahces stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, t^ frgh Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings of Crime No. 2 OF, 2025 on the file of SHO, Inavole, and Palnadu District for an offence under Section 115(2), BNS, 3 (1) (r), 3 (1) (s) SC & ST POA Act. •? « ^ I.A. NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C R/w 528 of BNSS Act 2023, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to condone the delay of ( 01 ) days in re-presenting the CrI.P (SR) No.5356 of 2025, in the interest of justice. I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to dispense from filling certified copy in Crime No. 2 OF 2025 On the file of SHO, Inavole, and Palnadu District for an offence under Section 115(2), BNS, 3 (1) (r), 3 (1) (s). SC & ST POA Act. I.A. NO: 5 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS, 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.2 OF 2025 On the file of SHO, Inavole, and Palnadu District for an offence under Section 115(2), BNS, 3 (1) (r), 3 (1) (s), SC ST POA Act. I.A. NO: 3 OF 2025 Between: Kotikala Nagaraju, S/o. Venkata Guruvulu, Aged about 37 years Occ- private employee, R/o. Ravvavaram, Timmapura, Palnadu District- 522660 ...PETITIONER/Proposed 2"^^ Respondent/Complainant AND 1. Chinnakonda Mallikarjuna Reddy, S/o Anki Reddy, aged about 39 years, Occ: Private Employee, R/o H.No.31-95/A Railway station Road, Vinukonda, Palnadu District-522647. 2. Padigapati Anjireddy, S/o Nagi Reddy, Aged about 30 years, Occ: Private Employee, R/o. Putchanuthala, Nuzendia Mandal Palnadu District-522660. ...Respondents/Accused 1 & 2 3. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through P.S., Inavole, Palnadu District, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Section 320 (6) of Cr.P.C. 1973, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to permit the petitioner and respondents / accused 1 to 2 for compromise and to record the compromise and cons^equently quash the entire proceedings Crime No.2 OF 2025.On the file of SHO, Inavole, and Palnadu District for an offence under Section 115(2), BNS, 3 (1) (r). 3 (1) (s), SC & ST POA, Act. against the respondents /accused 1 to 2 in the interest of Justice. I.A. NO: 4 OF 2025 Between: Kotikala Nagaraju, S/o. Venkata Guruvulu, Aged about 37 years, Occ- private employee, R/o. Ravvavaram, Timmapura, Palnadu District- 522660 ...PETITIONER/Proposed 2"'^ Respondent/Complainant AND 1. Chinnakonda Mallikarjuna Reddy, S/o Anki Reddy, aged about 39 years, Occ: Private Employee, R/o H.No.31-95/A Railway station Road, Vinukonda, Palnadu District-522647. 2. Padigapati Anjireddy, S/o Nagi Reddy, Aged about 30 years, Occ: Private Employee, R/o. Putchanuthala, Nuzendia Mandal Palnadu District-522660. ...Respondents/Accused 1 & 2 3. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through P.S., Inavole, Palnadu District, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Section 359 (2) of BNSS, 2023, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to record the compromise and consequently quash the entire proceedings Crime No.2 of 2025 On the file of SHO, Inavole, and Palnadu District for an offence under Section 115(2), BNS, 3 (1) (r), 3 (1) (s), SC & ST POA, Act against the respondents /accused 1 to 2, in the interest of Justice. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri PONNEKANTI MALLIKARJUNA RAO, Advocate for the Petitioners and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and of Ms. Radhika Nagothu, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2. The Court made the following: f|b APHC010203342025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ATAMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] TUESDAY ,THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5118/2025 Between: Chinnakonda Mallikarjuna Reddy, and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1.PONNEKANTI MALLIKARJUNA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1.RADHIKANAGOTHU 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) 2 CRL.P. NO.5118OF 2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N I.A. Nos.3 and 4 OF 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.5118 of 2025 COMMON ORDER: 1. The learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the 2"*^ respondent/de facto complainant submit that the parties have amicably settled their dispute and have filed I.A. Nos.3 and 4 of 2025, accompanying the affidavit of the 2"^^ respondent/ de facto complainant and the joint memo, seeking the permission of this Court to allow the petitioners and the de facto complainant to compound the offence under Section 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 3(1 )(r), 3(1 )(s) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes, 1989 registered against the petitioners in Crime No.2 of 2025 of Inavole Police Station, Palnadu District. 2. The petitioners and the 2"'^ respondent/de facto complainant are present in the Court. The parties were identified by the respective counsel and identity cards of both the parties were verified. 3. The 2"^ respondent submits that, pursuant to the intervention of well- wishers, he has withdrawn the allegations made against the petitioners. He further confirmed that the compromise was reached voluntarily, without coercion or undue influence. 3 CRL.P. No.5118 OF 2025 2"^^ respondent. I.A. Nos.3 and 4 proceedings in Crime No.2 of 2025 of against the petitioners for Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, of the Scheduled Caste and 4. Recording the submissions of the of 2025 are allowed and the Inavole Police Station, Palnadu District. the offences under Section 115(2) of the 2023 and Sections 3(1 )(r), 3(1 )(s) Scheduled Tribes, 1989 are hereby quashed. 5. Accordingly, the criminal petition is allowed. 6. Miscellaneous petitions, if stand closed. any, pending in this criminal petition shall Sd/- U SRIDEVI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Station House Officer, Inavole P.S., Palnadu District. 2. One CC to Sri Ponnekanti Mallikarjuna Rao, Advocate [OPUC 3. One CC to Ms. Radhika Nagothu, Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CC copies to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., [OUT] 5. Three CD Copies SRm vna HIGH COURT DATED: 06/05/2025 ORDER lA NO. 3 & 4 of 2025 IN/AND CRLP.No.5118 of 2025 f U)V)N20» I ALLOWING THE CRLP