APHC010266232025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.2 & 3 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6420/2025 Between: 1. AKULA VENKATA SIVA SATYAM, S/O. HARIBABU, AGE 35 YEARS, CASTE KAPU, PRESENT R/O FLAT NO. 402, NAKODA DEEP RESIDENCY, KAKATIYA HILLS, PRAGATHI NAGAR, KUKATPALLY, HYDERABAD. NATIVE R/O 3-83, RAJULA BAZAR, VIJAYAWADA(RURAL) RAMAVARAPPADU, KRISHNA, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. AKULA LAKSHMI, , W/O. HARIBABU, AGE 58 YEARS. CASTE KAPU, R/O DOOR NO.5-19, MALLIMUDIVARI STREET, RAMAVARAPPADU, VIJAYAWADA - 520002. 3. KOTI NAGAMANI, , W/O. MAHENDRANATH, AGED 38 YEARS. CASTE KAPU, R/O DOOR NO.5-19, MALLIMUDIVARI STREET, RAMAVARAPPADU, VIJAYAWADA - 520002. 4. KOTI MAHENDRANATH,, S/O.HARINADH BABU, AGED 42 YEARS. CASTE KAPU, PRESENT R/O. 11-4-322/5/2, FLAT NO.401, SANVI BLUE BALAMMA RESIDENCY, KINDI BASTHI, NEAR WESLEY CHURCH LANE, CHILKALGUDA, SITAPHALMANDI, SECUNDERABAD. NATIVE R/O DOOR NO. 5-19, MALLIMUDIVARI STREET RAMAVARAPPADU, VIJAYAWADA - 520002. . 5. MUTTI SATHIJA,, W/O. SATYANARAYANA PRASAD, AGED 63 YEARS. CASTE KAPU, R/O. DOOR NO. 4-36-1, MALLIMUDIVARI STREET, RAMAVARAPPADU, VIJAYAWADA -- 521108. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT, AMARAVATI. 2. PEDDI PRIYANKA, W/O. AKULA VENKATA SIVA SATYAM, AGED 31 YEARS, CASTE KAPU, R/O. DOOR NO. 15-144, YANAMALA KUDURU, PENAMALURU MANDAL KRISHNA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): 2 Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. C M R VELU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2. CHALLA SIVASANKAR 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 5, seeking quashment of the proceedings against them in C.C.No.3123 of 2023 on the file of the Court of II Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada for the offences under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. I.A.Nos.2 and 3 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 to 5 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. She would further submit that, at the intervention of elders and 3 well-wishers on both sides, the matter has been settled between them and 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. 7. Considering the submissions, in terms of the compromise arrived at between the parties, and in the interest of justice, I.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 are allowed. Consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the case against the Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 to 5 in C.C.No.3123 of 2023 on the file of the Court of II Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada, is hereby quashed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:14.10.2025 Dinesh 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.6420 /2025 Dt.14.10.2025 Dinesh