APHC010440102025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] TUESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8877/2025 Between: 1. NALLAPATI SUNIL KUMAR, S/O MOHAN RAO, AGED 33 YRS , D.NO.50-53-3/13/2, NORTH EXTENSION , SEETHAMMADHARA , VISAKHAPATNAM CITY. 2. NALLAPATI MOHAN RAO, S/O ROSAYYA, AGED 55 YRS , D.NO.50-53-3/13/2, NORTH EXTENSION , SEETHAMMADHARA , VISAKHAPATNAM CITY. 3. SMT NALLAPATI BHULAKSHMI, W/O.NALLAPATI MOHAN RAO , AGED 52 YRS, D.NO.50-53-3/13/2, NORTH EXTENSION , SEETHAMMADHARA , VISAKHAPATNAM CITY. 4. NALLAPATI ANUSHA, W/O THAKKELAPATI, AGED 30 YRS , D.NO.50-53-3/13/2, NORTH EXTENSION , SEETHAMMADHARA , VISAKHAPATNAM CITY. 5. THAKKELAPATI P.K .PRASAD, S/O RADHA KRISHNA AGED 33 YRS,D.NO.4-L-93/L KHANMOHITHA STREET ZAHIABAD, MEDAK. 6. NALLAPATI RANGAIAH, S/O NALLAPATI CHENNAIAH AGED 70 YRS, D.NO.6-95 , ARYANAGAR, PONGRA, BOREGAON, NIZAMABAD. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH THE S.H.O., OF DISHA WOMEN P.S., VISAKHAPATNAM CITY REP., BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT AT AMARAVATHI. 2. NALLAPATI SUMITHA, W/O SUNIL KUMAR, AGED 29 YRS, D.NO.50-95-4/10A, A.S.R. NAGAR 2ND LANE, SEETHAMMADHARA , VISAKHAPATNAM. 2 ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. R SIVA SAI SWARUP Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: The instant petition under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 to 6, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in S.C.No.100 of 2023 on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Visakhapatnam. 2. I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 are filed by Respondent No.2 seeking permission to compound the offences and to record the compromise between her and the Petitioners. 3. Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 6 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 at the intervention of their elders and well wishers. Learned counsel for the petitioners prays to allow the petition by exercising the inherent jurisdiction under Section 528 of BNSS. 3 6. Considering the submissions, in the light of the judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court in Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab and another1, since there is an amicable settlement between them, I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 are allowed. Consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the case against the Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 to 6 in S.C.No.100 of 2023 on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Visakhapatnam, is hereby quashed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:30.12.2025 Asr 1 2012(10)SCC 303 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8877 of 2025 Dt.30.12.2025 Asr