APHC010476772026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE 18th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8020 OF 2026 Between: 1. Padarthi Ramachandra Rao, S/o. Ranga Rao,S/o. Bhaskar Rao, aged about 60 years, Occ Business,D.No. 25-7-17, 3 line, R. Agraharam,0pp. Ramanamakshetram, Guntur Town. 2. Padarthi Naga Sai, S/o. Ramachandra Rao,Aged about 25 years, Occ Business,D.No. 25-7-17, 3 line, R. Agraharam,0pp. Ramanamakshetram, Guntur Town. 3. Padarthi Lakshmi Kumari, W/o. Rama Chandra Rao,Aged about 56 years. House wife,D.No. 25-7-17, 3 line, R. Agraharam,0pp. Ramanamakshetram, Guntur Town. 4. Padarthi alias Atmakuri Rohita Sata Vani, W/o. Atmakuri VenkataLakshmi Narayana, D/o. Padarthi Ramachandra Rao,Aged about 29 years, D.No. 25-7-17, 3 line, R. Agraharam,0pp. Ramanamakshetram, Guntur Town. ...Petitioners AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. 2. Atmakuri Venkata Lakshmi Narayana, S/o. Venkata Ranga Rao,Aged about 32 years, Flat No. 403, 5 Floor, R.R. Castle,Seetharam Nagar, Guntur Town. ...Respondents 2 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 Courtto QUASH the proceedings against the petitioners in C.C. No. 580 of 2026 of on the file of the court of the IV Additional Judicial 1st Class Magistrate, Guntur, to meet ends of justice IA NO: 1 OF 2026 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 grant STAY of all further proceedings in C.C. No. 580 of 2026 of on the file of the court of the V Additional Judicial 1st Class Magistrate, Guntur, Counsel for the Petitioners: BUTTA VIJAYA BHASKER Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8020 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.93 of 2024, of Tadipatri Town Police Station, Anantapur District, for the offences punishable under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. 2. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor basing on the written instructions of states that, pending the Criminal Petition, police filed charge sheet in Crime No.93 of 2024, of Tadipatri Town Police Station, Anantapur District and the same was numbered as CC No.694 of 2024, on the file of the Civil Judge (Junior Division), Tadipatri and the same was settled before Lok Adalat vide Award dated 14.12.2024. 3. Copy of e-Court Status of CC No.694 of 2024, on the file of the Civil Judge (Junior Division), Tadipatri is made part of the record. 4 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has not disputed the submission made by learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 5. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is closed, as the main CC itself was settled before Lok Adalat. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 18.09.2026 PSA 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8020 of 2024 Date: 18.09.2026 PSA