APHC010599542024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE 17th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4 OF 2025 Between: 1. MITCHEL NASKAR, W/o Bimal Naskar, 29-8-30, Ashok Nagar- 2, Parvada (M) Dasapatrunipalem, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 2. Bimal Naskar,, S/o Late. Amol Naskar, aged about 53 years. Flat No.208, BLDG 1770, Alpha Road 231, Block 302, Manama Centre, Bahrain. (Rep. by his GPA Flolder / A2) ...Petitioners AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Amaravati, through its SHO, Atchutapuram PS, Anakapalli District. 2. Koppana Naga Devi Kumari, W/o. Ravi Kumar, R/o. Iruwada Village, Atchutapuram Mandal, Anakapalle 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 pleased to call for the records relating to the proceedings in FIR.No.145 of 2024, dt.18-07-2024 on the file of the 2 Atchutapuram P.S, Anakapalli District and quash the same against the Petitioners / A-2 and A-3 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 pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings including appearance of the Petitioners in FIR.No.145 of 2024 on the file of the Atchutapuram P.S, Anakapalli District, pending disposal of the present Criminal Petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioners: ARDITI VENKATA NAGA YASWANTH Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR Counsel for the Respondents: A SYAM SUNDAR REDDY 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4 of 2025 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 petitioners herein (A2 & A3), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.145 of 2024 of Atchutapuram Police Station, Anakapalli District, for the offences punishable under Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 3 and 5 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. 2. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of respondent-State, basing on the written instructions, submits that the police have filed a charge sheet in FIR in Crime No.145 of 2024 of Atchutapuram Police Station, Anakapalli District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate. 3. At that juncture, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Criminal Petition with a liberty to challenge the charge sheet, in accordance with the law, if so advised. 4 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, by granting liberty to pursue legal remedies, in accordance with the law. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 17.09.2026 PSA 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4 of 2025 Date: 17.09.2026 PSA