APHC010633962025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.2 & 3 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12204/2025 Between: 1. PULAPAKALA SATYANARAYANA, S/O SRIMANNARAYANA, R/O ALAPADU VILLAGE, KAIKALURU MANDAL, ELURU DISTRICT. AL CURRENTLY RESIDING IN TEXAS, USA, REP. BY THE GPA HOLDER AND HIS FATHER, PULAPAKALA SRIMANNNARAYANA, S/O SUBBA RAO, AGE 54 YEARS. 2. PULAPAKALA SRIMANNNARAYANA, S/O SUBBA RAO, AGE 54 YEARS, R/O ALAPADU VILLAGE, KAIKALURU MANDAL, ELURU DISTRICT. 3. PULAPAKALA DHANA LAKSHMI, W/O SRIMANNARAYANA, AGE 52 YEARS, R/O ALAPADU VILLAGE, KAIKALURU MANDAL, ELURU DISTRICT. 4. THOTA LAKSHMI SOUJANYA, W/O SATYANARAYANA, AGE 30 YEARS, R/O ALAPADU VILLAGE, KAIKALURU MANDAL, ELURU DISTRICT. 5. THOTA SATYANARAYANA, S/O ADINARAYANA, AGE 34 YEARS, R/O GUDALAVARI STREET, RAYAKUDURU VILLAGE, VEERAVASARAM MANDAL. WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 6. KOPALLI LAKSHMI, W/O LATE SATYANARAYANA, AGE 65 YEARS,R/O ALAPADU VILLAGE, KAIKALURU MANDAL, ELUM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF A.P., AMARAVATHI. 2. PULAPAKALA NAGA SINDHU, W/O P. SATYANARAYANA,R/O. VEERAVASARAM VILLAGE, VEERAVASARAM MANDAL. WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): 2 Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. CHAITANYA PALISETTY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. Y V S S DHARANEESH 2. 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 quashment of the proceedings against them in C.C.No.412 of 2025 on the file of the Court of I Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division)-cum-I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Bhimavaram for the offences under Section 85 read with 3(5) of BNS 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.2 to 6, Respondent No.2 and the GPA Holder of Accused No.1, who is Accused No.2, since Accused No.1 is in USA, 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 3 between them. 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 stated that she is intending to withdraw the case against the Petitioners. 7. Considering the submissions, in terms of the mediation held 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 6 in C.C.No.412 of 2025 on the file of the Court of I Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division)-cum-I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Bhimavaram, is hereby quashed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:24.11.2025 Dinesh 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.12204 /2025 Dt.24.11.2025 Dinesh