APHC010643842025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] FRIDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12395/2025 Between: 1. RAMALINGAM JANARDHANA BALIJA, S/O. R. RAMALINGAM,AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, OCC SOFTWARE EMPLOYEE,R/O. 136 H9 B3, SHYAMALA GARDEN,ARCOT ROAD, VIRGAMBAKKAM,SALIGRAMAM, CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU - 600093 2. J SHRIYA, W/O. RAMALINGAM JANARDHANA BALAJI,AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, OCC SOFTWARE EMPLOYEE,R/O. FLAT NO. 104, COMFORT PEARL APARTMENT,NEAR CANARA BANK, SARADA NAGAR,ANANTAPUR, ANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT AT AMARAVATI, THROUGH THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, MAHILAUPS, ANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT 2. J SHRIYA, W/O. RAMALINGAM JANARDHANA BALAJI, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, OCC SOFTWARE EMPLOYEE, R/O. FLAT NO. 104, COMFORT PEARL APARTMENT, NEARCANARA BANK, SARADA NAGAR, ANANTAPUR, ANANTHAPURAM DISTRIC ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to quash the proceedings against 2 the Petitioner/ Accused No. 1 in C.C. No. 1098 of 2024, on the file of I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class Court, Ananthapuram District and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased IA NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. K RAMAKRISHNA REDDY 2. K RAMA KRISHNA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12395/2025 ORDER: The instant criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C)/under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the petitioner/Accused No.1, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against him in C.C.No.1098 of 2024 on the file of I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Ananthapuram District, for the offences punishable under Sections 85 r/w 3(5) of BNS and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard Sri K.Ramakrishna Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner herein is Accused No.1. The petitioner herein is the husband of the defacto complainant. He would further submit that all the allegations made against the petitioner herein are omnibus in nature. He finally would submit that the petition may be disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioners. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate Orders. 5. Considering the submissions, this Criminal Petition is disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioner. 4 However, the petitioner is at liberty to raise all his contentions before the Trial Court in his defence. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 28.11.2025. UPS 5 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12395/2025 Dated.28.11.2025 UPS 372