APHC010291152024 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: 4695 OF 2024 Between: 1. CHERUKURI RAVIKANTH, S/o Ramesh Aged about-42, 7-97- 1, Vutukuru, Gampalagudem, NTR District, Andhra Pradesh- 521401 2. Cherukuri Ramesh, S/o veeraiah. Aged about- 64, 7-97-1, Vutukuru, Gampalagudem, NTR District, Andhra Pradesh- 521401. 3. Cherukuri Krishna RaO, S/o veraiah. Aged about-54, sisdhartha vidyalayam, nemali road, Vutukuru, Gampalagudem, NTR District, Andhra Pradesh-521401 4. Thakkelapati jayalakshmi, W/o thakkelapati sreenivasa rao. Aged about-55, Ramireddy palli, nandigama mandalam, Krishna District. ...Petitioners AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, Ap High court Buildings, Amaravati. 2. Ch Swathi, W/o Cherukuri Ravikanth, Aged About-38, Ithanagar, Near sai baba Temple, D.No. 4-32-9, Flat No.20, Lakshmi tulasi apartments, Tenali, guntur 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 2 Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Courtmay be pleased to quash the Fir No.51/2024 dated:29-03- 2024 u/s 498-A r/w 34 IPQ 3, 4 DPAct on the file of Tenali II town Police station, Tenali filed against the Petitioners A1 to A4 and pass 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 to dispense with certified copy of Fir No.51/2024 dated:29-03-2024 u/s 498-A r/w 34 IPC, 3, 4 DPAct on the file of Tenali II town Police Station, Tenali before this Hon'ble Court and pass IA NO: 2 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 stay all further proceedings including the appearance of the Petitioners in the FIR.No. 51/2024 U/s 498(A), r/w 34 of IPC, sections 3 & 4 of DP Act on the file of the Tenali II town Police Station, Tenali dated 29-03-2024 on Petitioners/Al to A4 and pass Counsel for the Petitioners: ANKALLA PRUDHVI RAJ Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR Counsel for the Respondents: SREEDHAR VALIVETI 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4695 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 petitioners herein (Accused), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.51 of 2024 of Tenali II Town Police Station, Guntur District, for the offences punishable under Sections 498A r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. 2. No representation for the petitioners. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, basing on the written instructions dated 15.09.2026 of the Station House Officer, Tenali II Town Police Station, Guntur District, submits that pending the Criminal Petition, police filed charge sheet before the I Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Tenali and in the said case, the petitioners got acquitted vide Judgment dated 25.06.2025. 4. Written instructions dated 15.09.2026 of the Station House Officer, Tenali II Town Police Station, Guntur District is made part of record. 4 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is closed. 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: 4695 of 2024 Date: 15.09.2026 PSA