APHC010339562024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3504] WEDNESDAY, THE 9th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5464/2024 Between: 1. RAJU MORTHA, S/O TATA RAO, AGED 41 YEARS, OCC CONSTABLE, R/O D.NO. 5-246, ADI ANDRAPETA, K.GANGAVARAM, DANGERU, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. PRESENTLY RESIDING AT P.C-2361, A COMPANY, 3APSP BATTALION, RAMANAYYAPETA, KAKINADA. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATHI. 2. SANTHI SAVARAPU, W/O M. RAJU, D/O PARAMANANDAM, AGED 38 YEARS, R/O D.NO. 5-281, BRUDHAVANAM COLONY. NEAR SIVALAYAM STREET, PAYAKARAOPETA, ANAKAPALLI DISTRICT ...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 2 Courtmay be pleased to quash the FIR in Crime No. 48 of 2024 dated 18.06.2024 for the offences under sections 498A,506 IPC,3,4 DPA On the file of SHO, Disha UPS, Anakapalli P.S., Anakapalli District against the petitioner/ Accused 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 pleased to stay all further proceedings in Crime No. 48 of 2024 dated 18.06.2024 for the offences under sections 498A,506 IPC,3,4 DPA on the file of SHO, Disha UPS, Anakapalli P.S., Anakapalli District against the petitioner /Accused and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. K.P.S. SAILESH REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. DASAKA MURALI KRISHNA 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5464 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 (Accused), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.48 of 2024 of Disha UPS Police Station, Anakapalli District, for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 & Section 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. At the stage of admission, this Court has not granted any interim order in the instant lis. 3. 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. 48 of 2024 of Disha UPS Police Station, Anakapalli District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate and the same is numbered as CC No.718/2024. 4. At that juncture, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Criminal Petition 4 with a liberty to challenge the charge sheet, in accordance with the law, if so advised. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, by granting liberty to challenge the charge sheet, in accordance with the law. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 09.09.2026 vnb 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5464 of 2024 Date: 09.09.2026 vnb