APHC010137422024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE 9th DAY OF OCTOBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1950 OF 2024 Between: 1. KANDREGULA BHANOJ KUMAR, S/o. Veerabhadra Rao, Aged about 32 years, R/o. D.No. 5-53/1, G-1, Bhavya Towers, Dar Nagar, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, Visakhapatnam District. 2. Kandregula Venkata Laxmi,, W/o. Veerabhadra Rao, Aged about 45 years, R/o. D.No. 5-53/1, G-1, Bhavya Towers, Dar Nagar, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, Visakhapatnam District. 3. Kandregula Veerabhadra Rao, S/o , Aged about 58 years, R/o. D.No. 5- 53/1, G-1, Bhavya Towers, Dar Nagar, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, Visakhapatnam District. 4. Kandregula Harish Kumar,, S/o. Veerabhadra Rao, Aged about 28 years, R/o. D.No. 5-53/1, G-1, Bhavya Towers, Dar Nagar, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, Visakhapatnam District. ...Petitioners AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, represented by Public Prosecutor, High Court at Amaravathi. 2. Kandregula Lavanya, W/o. Bhanoj Kumar, Aged about 30 years, R/o. MIG- II, A-76, Simhapuri Colony, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, Visakhapatnam 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 Court may be pleased to quash the FIR in Crime 2 No. 288 of 2023 on the file of Disha Women Police Station, Visakhapatnam District 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,t he High Court may be pleased to Stay of all further proceedings in Crime No. 288 of 2023 on the file of Disha Women Police Station, Visakhapatnam District pending disposal of the above CrI.P. and pass Counsel for the Petitioners: REDDY VENKATA RAMANA Counsel for the Respondents: Dr MAJJI SURI BABU Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION No: 1950 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.288 of 2023, of Disha UPS Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate District. 2. 2. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor basing on the written instructions, states that, pending the Criminal Petition, the police filed charge sheet and the same was numbered as CC No.1782 of 2025, on the file of the learned I Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Visakhapatnam and the same was settled before the Lok Adalat vide Award dated 13.12.2025 before the learned I Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Visakhapatnam . 3. Lok Adalat Award dated 13.12.2025 of the learned I Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Visakhapatnam is made part of the record. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has not disputed the submission made by learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 5. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is closed, as the main case before trial Court was settled by the respective parties. As a sequel, Interlocutory applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 09.10.2026 KRK 4 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION No: 1950 of 2024 Date: 09.10.2026 KRK