APHC010007492026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2026 in/and CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 298/2026 Between: 1. SUNNAMPUDI NAGA RAJA KUMAR BABU ALIAS NAGABABU, S/O. VEERA PRAKASH RAO, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS,CASTE AGNIKULA KSHATRIYA,NIZAMPATNAM VILLAGE AND MANDAL. 2. KARRI SRINIVASARAO, S/O. SUDHAKARA RAO,AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, CASTEAGNIKULA KSHATRIYA,NIZAMPATNAM VILLAGE MANDAL. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESHAT AMARAVATI. 2. KOLLURI YEDUKONDALU, S/O.CHINNA,AGED ABOUT25 YEARS. CASTE YANADI,R/O.PAMARTHIVILLAGE,NIZAMPATNAM MANDAL, BAPATLA DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. K L Ganesh Raghavendra 2. KOTHA LEELA GANESH RAGHAVENDRA 2 Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2026 in/and CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 298/2026 ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C’)/Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) seeking to quash the proceedings against the Petitioners/Accused Nos. 1 and 2 in Crime No.35 of 2025 of Nizampatnam Police Station, Bapatla District registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 118(1) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNS’) and Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 2015 (for brevity, ‘the SC & ST(POA) Act’), which culminated in S.C. No.202 of 2025. Further, I.A. No.01 of 2026 has been filed seeking permission to compound the offences in S.C. No.202 of 2025, pending on the file of the IV Additional District and Sessions Court-cum- Special Sessions Court for SC/ST Cases, Guntur. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. As seen from the record, a Joint Memo has been filed by the Petitioners and Respondent No.2, wherein it is stated that the dispute between the parties has been amicably settled at the intervention of well-wishers from both sides.In view of the said compromise, the parties have resolved the matter. 4 4. Keeping in view the welfare of both sides and to avoid an evil atmosphere in the village, it is submitted that there is no undue influence or coercion in arriving at the settlement. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the compromise is recorded. Consequently, S.C.No.202 of 2025 on the file of the IV Additional District and Sessions Court-cum-Special Sessions Court for SC/ST Cases, Guntur, is quashed. Accordingly, I.A. Nos.1 and 2 are disposed of. 6. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 are acquitted in S.C.No.202 of 2025 on the file of the IV Additional District and Sessions Court-cum-Special Sessions Court for SC/ST Cases, Guntur. 7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 19.01.2026 PRA 5 91 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2026 in/and CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 298/2026 Date: 19.01.2026 PRA