APHC010545852025 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: 10627/2025 Between: 1. BHEMIREDDY HEMANTH REDDY, S/O BHEMIREDDY KOTI REDDY, AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS, OCC SOFTWARE ENGINEER 2. BHEMIREDDY JYOTHI, W/O. BHEMIREDDY KOTI REDDY, AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS, OCC HOUSEWIFE 3. BHEMIREDDY KOTI REDDY, S/O. VENKATA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS, 4. BHEMIREDDY MOHAN REDDY, S/O. BHEMIREDDY KOTI REDDY, AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS,OCC BUSINESS, 5. BHEMIREDDY KINNERA, W/O. BHEMIREDDY MOHAN REDDY, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, OCC HOUSEWIFE, ALL ARE R/O FLAT NO. 401, SAIBABA ENCLAVE APARTMENTS, 0PP. PETROL BUNK, WEST IBRAHIMPATNAM NTR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH S.H.O., MAHILA URBAN POLICE STATION, GUNTUR, GUNTUR DISTRICT, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT, AMARAVATI. 2. KATA RAMYA REDDY, W/O BHIMAREDDY HEMANTH REDDY, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, OCC R/O D.NO. 21-8-412, KORETIPADU VILLAGE GUNTUR TOWN AND DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. VENNA G SAI VENKAT Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. T ARUNACHALAM 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 COMMON ORDER: The instant petition under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C’) has been filed by the Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 to 5, seeking quashment of the proceedings against them in C.C.No.1392 of 2025 on the file of the Court of V Additional Junior Civil Judge, Guntur for the offences under Sections 85, 351(2) and 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘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.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. Respondent No.2/De facto complainant would submit that, as per the terms of the compromise, she has received her articles from the Accused. 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. 3 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 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 5 in C.C.No.1392 of 2025 on the file of the Court of V Additional Junior Civil Judge, Guntur, 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.10627 /2025 Dt.14.10.2025 Dinesh