APHC010690392025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] TUESDAY,THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER 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: 13158/2025 Between: SAKE SURESH, S/O VENKATA RAMUDUAGED ABOUT 47 YEARSR/O D.NO. 3-444, NEAR CHURCHBHATALAPALLI VILLAGE, MANDAL.ANANTHAPUR DISTRICT - 515661. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTORHIGH COURT AT AMARAVATHIVELGAPUDI, AMARAVATIGUNTUR DISTRICT- 522239. 2. THE VICTIM, THE VICTIM ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. D S SIVADARSHAN 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 Petitioner / Accused seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C.No.478 of 2021 on the file of the Court of Judicial Magistrate of First 2 Class, Dharmavaram for the offences under Sections 452, 354-D and 376 read with 511 of Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’). 2. I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 are filed by Respondent No.2 / De facto complainant seeking permission to compound the offences and to record the compromise between her and the Petitioner / Accused. 3. Petitioner / Accused 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 C.C.No.478 of 2021 on the file of the Court of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Dharmavaram pending between them and a Joint Memo is also filed to that effect. Respondent No.2 would submit that, due to petty issues between them, the present case has been lodged. She would further submit that, at the intervention of elders on both sides, the matter has been settled between the parties and that she does not want to prosecute the matter, and hence, the case against the Petitioner 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 compromise between the parties, since there is an amicable settlement between them, I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 are allowed. 1 2012(10)SCC 303 3 Consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the case against the Petitioner / Accused in C.C.No.478 of 2021 on the file of the Court of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Dharmavaram, is hereby quashed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:30.12.2025 Dinesh 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION No. 13158 / 2025 Dt.30.12.2025 Dinesh