1 APHC010568122025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3504] WEDNESDAY, THE 30th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11035/2025 Between: 1. V SREENIVASULU, S/O V. NAGARAJU AGE 29 YEARS, OCC CONSTRUCTION WORKER R/O PILLIGUNDIA COLONY, SAI SUMA NAGAR ANANTAPUR TOWN AND DISTRICT. 2. V. NAGARAJU,, S/O GURAPPA AGE 68 YEARS, OCC CONSTRUCTION WORKER R/O D.NO. MUDIGUBBA VILLAGE MANDAL, SRI SATHYA SAI DISTRICT. 3. NAGALAKSHMI,, W/O V. NAGARAJU AGE 65 YEARS, OCC HOUSE WIFE R/O D.NO. MUDIGUBBA VILLAGE MANDAL SRI SATHYA SAI DISTRICT. 4. V. SAROJA,, W/O MANOHAR AGE 26 YEARS, OCC HOUSE WIFE R/O BATHALAPALLI VILLAGE AND MANDAL SRI SATHYA SAI DISTRICT. 5. MANOHAR,, S/O VENKATARAMUDU AGE 26 YEARS,OCC GOVERNMENT TEACHER, R/O BATHALAPALLI VILLAGE AND MANDAL, SRI SATHYA SAI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF A.P AT AMARAVATI. 2. SMT V SAI SHILPA, W/O V. SREENIVASULU, D/O PULLAPU VEERABHADRAPPA, R/O MARALA VILLAGE, BUKKAPATNAM MANDAL SRI SATHYA SAI DISTRICT. 2 ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): 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 please to call for the records in relating to the FIR No.73/2025, dated 17.09.2025, Bukkapatnam P.S., Sri Sathya Sai District and quash the same against the Petitioners/Accused Nos. 1 to 5 IA NO: 1 OF 2025 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 certified copy of FIR No.73/2025, dated 17.09.2025, Bukkapatnam P.S., Sri Sathya Sai District, pending disposal of the quash petition and pass IA NO: 2 OF 2025 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 please grant to stay of all further proceedings pursuant to the FIR No.73/2025, dated 17.09.2025, Bukkapatnam P.S., Sri Sathya Sai District, pending disposal of the present criminal petition, Kurnool District, Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. P SRAVAN KUMAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11035 of 2025 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 (A1 to A5), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.73 of 2025 dated 17.09.2025 of Bukkapatnam Police Station, Sri Sathya Sai District, for the offences punishable under Sections 85, 351(2) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. At the stage of admission, this Court has not granted any interim order in the instant lis. 3. Sri K.Sandeep, learned Aassistant 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.73 of 2025 dated 17.09.2025 of Bukkapatnam Police Station, Sri Sathya Sai District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate. 4. At that juncture, Sri P.Sravan Kumar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Criminal Petition with a liberty to challenge the charge sheet. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, by granting liberty to work out their legal remedies, in accordance with the law. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 30.09.2026 RMR 4 136 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11035 of 2025 Date: 30.09.2026 RMR