APHC010386682026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE 21st DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 846 OF 2026 Between: 1. Nohiri Prem Babu, S/o Late Nohiri Jugisti Aged about 45 years, Occ Govt employee Record Asst Govt Junior College Kanchili , Presently At Sompeta Srikakulam district. ...Petitioner AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by Its Public Prosecutor High Court of A.P at Amaravati 2. Singooru Venkata Ramana, S/o late DuryodhanaAged about 45 years, Occ Lecturer,R/o Kinthali village Ponduru mandalSrikakulam District ...Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: TOTA TEJESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following order: ORDER: The Criminal Revision Case has been filed under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity, ‘the Cr.P.C.’) / Sections 438 and 442 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNSS’), aggrieved by the judgment dated 22.06.2026 passed in Crl.A.No.46 of 2025 by the learned Principal District & Sessions Judge, Srikakulam, in C.C.No.83 of 2020 on the file of the learned I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Srikakulam. 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor and the learned Counsel for Respondent No.2. 3. The Petitioner as well as Respondent No.2 were present before this Court. Pursuant to the appointment of a learned Mediator by this Court, the parties were referred to mediation, which was duly conducted in accordance with law. Upon completion of the mediation proceedings, the Mediator submitted a report stating that the dispute between the parties had been amicably resolved through mediation. 4. It is borne out from the mediation report that the Petitioner and Respondent No.2 have voluntarily entered into a lawful compromise, resolving all issues arising out of the present proceedings. In furtherance of the said settlement, the Petitioner has paid a sum of Rs.2,20,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs Twenty Thousand only) to Respondent No.2. 5. An affidavit has been filed by the parties stating that the matter has already been compromised. A Joint Memo has also been filed in view of the same. On careful perusal of the entire facts and circumstances of the case, and taking into account the amicable settlement arrived at between the parties as reflected in the mediation report, affidavit and the joint memo, this Court is of the considered opinion that no purpose would be served in permitting the criminal proceedings to continue. Accordingly, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of as compromised. 6. Consequently, the judgment dated 22.06.2026 passed in Crl.A.No.46 of 2025 by the learned Principal District & Sessions Judge, Srikakulam, arising out of C.C.No.83 of 2020 on the file of the learned I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Srikakulam, is hereby set aside. Accordingly, the petitioner is acquitted of the charge under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in terms of Section 320(8) of ‘the Cr.P.C’. The Non- Bailable Warrant pending against the petitioner is hereby recalled. Both parties, who are present before this Court, have unequivocally undertaken that they shall not initiate any civil or criminal proceedings against each other in respect of the subject dispute in future. The mediation report, affidavit, and joint memo shall form an integral part of the record. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 21.09.2026 JLSR 105 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.846 of 2026 Date:21.09.2026 JLSR