APHC010511092025 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: 10043/2025 Between: 1. KOTAMARAJU HANUMA KISHORE, S/O.JANAKIRAM LATE,AGE 32 YEARS, R/O.AALERU VILLAGE, YADARDRI BHUVANAGIRI TELANGANA STATE. 2. KOTAMARAJU VAANI, W/O.JANAKIRAM LATE,AGE 57 YEARS, R/O.AALERU VILLAGE,YADARDRI BHUVANAGIRI, TELANGANA STATE. 3. LATTALA MADHAVI, W/O.VIJAY,AGE 37 YEARS, R/O.AALERU VILLAGE,YADARDRI BHUVANAGIRI, TELANGANA STATE. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT, NELAPADU, AMARAVATHI. 2. KOTAMARAJU ALIAS KAMARSU MADHUMITHA, WO.HANUMA KISHORE AGE 27 YEARS, R O.D.NO.10 7 8 GOWTHAMI NAGAR, KOVVUR, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. P N MURTHY 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 3, seeking quashment of the proceedings against them in 2 C.C.No.952 of 2023 on the file of the Court of II Additional Junior Civil Judge- cum-Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kovvur for the offences under Sections 498-A read with 34 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 3 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. Respondent No.2/De facto complainant would submit that, as per the terms of the compromise, she has received an amount of Rs.12,00,000/- by way of Demand Draft bearing No.724373, dated 29.04.2024 drawn on Indian Bank, Main Branch, Rajamahendravaram from her husband. She would further submit that, at the intervention of elders and 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 3 stated that she is intending to withdraw the case against the Petitioners in view of the terms agreed upon. 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 3 in C.C.No.952 of 2023 on the file of the Court of II Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kovvur, 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.10043 /2025 Dt.14.10.2025 Dinesh