APHC010469712025 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.3 and 4 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9835/2025 Between: 1. MUDARAGANTI SRINIVAS, S/O SANKARA RAO, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 3-167, WEST GONADUDEM, KORUKONDA, EAST GODHAVARI DISTRICT. 2. DHULAPALLI VARA NARASIMHA, S/O ATCHARAO, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 1-68-34, KANKIPATI VARI GARUVU, SAMSANAM ROAD, TUNI, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 3. TANGUDU MANIKANTA KUMAR ALIAS PANDU, S/O TRIMURTHULU, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 10-203, SANTHOSH NAGAR, KOLAMURU, KONTHAMURU, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT 4. NAMA KARTHIK ALIAS BHADRI, S/O NARAYANA MURTHY, AGED ABOUT 24 YEARS, R/O. SC COLONY, PAYAKARAOPETA MANDAL, PADALVANI LAXMIPURAM, VISAKHAPTANAM DISTRICT. 5. JAMI RAJASEKAR ALIAS SEKAR GOUD, S/O RAMU, AGED ABOUT 38 YEAES, R/O D.NO. 1-15, GANISETTI PALEM, KOTHAVALASA MANDAL, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS STATION HOUSE OFFICER, BOMMURU POLICE STATION, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF AP AT AMARAVATHI. 2. PADILAM PRATAP, S/O. SATHI BABU, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, R/O. YSR COLONY, PL PURAM VILLAGE, NAKKAPAILI MANDAL, ANAKAPALLI DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): 2 Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. YARRAMSETTY VENKATESH 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 4 and 8, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in F.I.R.No.82 of 2025 on the file of Bommuru Police Station, East Godavari District registered for the offences under Sections 324(6), 137(2), 118(1), 109(1) and 351(3) read with 3 (5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’). 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 him and the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4 and 8. 3. Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 to 4 and 8 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. Both parties would submit that they came to an amicable settlement for withdrawal of the case in F.I.R.No.82 of 2025 on the file of Bommuru Police Station, East Godavari District pending between them and a Joint Memo is also filed to that effect. Respondent No.2 submits 3 that, at the intervention of elders and well-wishers of both parties, the matter has been settled between the parties and that he does not want to prosecute the matter, and hence, the case against the Petitioners may be closed. 5. Considering the submissions, in the light of the judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court in Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab and another1, in terms of the mediation held between the parties, 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 4 and 8 in F.I.R.No.82 of 2025 on the file of Bommuru Police Station, East Godavari District for the offences under Sections 324(6), 137(2), 118(1), 109(1) and 351(3) read with 3 (5) of BNS, is hereby quashed, on payment of costs of Rs.3,000/- each by Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 to 4 and 8 to the Legal Services Authority, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, within one week. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:19.09.2025 Dinesh 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. 9835/2025 Dt.19.09.2025 Dinesh