APHC010527092026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE 5th DAY OF OCTOBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8846 OF 2026 Between: 1. Chelli Sumathi Devi alias chelli Sumitra Devi, W/o Raghunadha Rao, Aged 60 Years,Occupation Housewife,R/o Sri Lakshmi Durga Villas,Lawsons Bay Colony, Flat No. 102,Pedha Waltair, Visakhapatnam 2. Chelli Raghunadha Rao, S/o Chain Lingayya, Aged 62 Years,Occ Assistant City Planner,R/o Sri Lakshmi Durga Villas,Lawsons Bay Colony, Flat No. 102,Pedha Waltair, Visakhapatnam. ...Petitioners AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by Station House Officer,Sub-Inspector of Police,Mahila Police Station,East Godavari District.Rajamahendravaram.Represented by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of AP at Amaravati. 2. Chelli Jaya Sirisha, W/o Bala Muralidhar, Aged 27 Years,R/o Vasantha Towers,Near Ramakrishna Matam,RV Nagar, Rajamahendravaram,East Godavari 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 Courtto Quash the Crime in FIR No. 124/2026 Dated 19.07.2026 on the 2 file of the Mahila Police Station, East Godavari District which was registered against the /" Petitioners/ Accused No 2-3 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 to dispense with filing of the Certified copy of the FIR No. 124/2026 Dated 19.07.2026 on the file of the Mahila Police Station East Godavari District which was registered for the offence’s u/s 85, 351(2) R/w 3(5) BNS, 3,4 DPA IA NO: 2 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 to Stay all further proceedings in FIR No. 124/2026 Dated 19.07.2026 on the file of the Mahila Police Station East Godavari District, which was registered against the Petitioners/ Accused No 2-3, including dispense presence of Petitioners Counsel for the Petitioners: S SRINIVASA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION No.8846 of 2026 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, seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.124 of 2026 of Mahila Police Station, East Godavari District, for the offences punishable under Sections 85, 351(2) read with 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. 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.124 of 2026 of Mahila Police Station, East Godavari District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate. 4. At that juncture, learned counsel for the petitioners 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: 05.10.2026 krk 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM 77 CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8846 of 2026 Date: 05.10.2026 krk