APHC010012182024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE 15th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 155 OF 2024 Between: 1. PADALA SAIBASKAR ALIAS PADALA BHASKAR, S/o Late Krishna, Aged about 28 years, R/o Ajith Singh Nagar, Vijayawada, Krishna District. ...Petitioner AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP, Amaravathi, Andhra Pradesh. 2. Padala Gowthami, W/o Padala Saibaskar, Aged about 24 years, R/o Yatlabasivalasa Village, Polaki Mandal, Srikakulam District. ...Respondents 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 may be pleased to quash the proceedings in FIR No.99 of 2023 on the file of the Disha Urban Police Station, Srikakulam, Srikakulam District against the petitioner/Accused No.l and/or pass such 2 IA NO: 1 OF 2024 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 may be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings in Crime in FIR No.99 of 2023 on the file of the Disha Urban Police Station, Srikakulam, Srikakulam District including arrest of the petitioner/Accused No.l, pending disposal of the Criminal Petition and/or pass such Counsel for the Petitioner: P DURGA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents: UMASANKAR LOKANADHAM Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 155 of 2024 The Court made the following Order: Instant Criminal Petition, under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed on behalf of the petitioner herein (A1), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.99 of 2023 of Disha UPS Women Police Station, Srikakulam District, for the offences punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. No representation for the petitioner. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, basing on the written instructions of the Inspector of Police, Mahila UPS, Srikakulam, submits that pending the Criminal Petition, police filed charge sheet and the same was numbered as CC No.153 of 2024 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Narasannapeta and the same was compromised before Lok Adalat vide Award dated 11.07.2026. 4. Written instructions of the Inspector of Police, Mahila UPS, Srikakulam is made part of record. 4 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is closed, as the main case itself was settled before Lok Adalat. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 15.09.2026 PSA 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 155 of 2024 Date: 15.09.2026 PSA