APHC010015342024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY,THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 259/2024 Between: SRI REDDY SURYA RAO, S/O REDDI DEMUDU , AGED 54 YRS D.NO.49-26-66, TF-3 , SAI KRUPA TOWERS MADHURANAGAR, VISAKHAPATNAM ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH THE S.H.O., OF POLICE STATION REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT AT AMARAVATHI. 2. MOYYA RAMA LAKSHMI, W/O RAMAKRISHNA, AGED 40 YRS , ANNAVARAM STREET, CHODAVARAM ,ANAKAPALLI DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: M SURYA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. B RAMESH 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 2 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 Petitioner/Accused No.2 in Crime No.01 of 2024 of M.R.Peta Police Station, Visakhapatnam District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 342, 509 and 109 of the Indian Penal Code (for brevity, ‘the IPC.,’) Section 10 read with Section 9(p) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (for brevity, ‘the POCSO Act.,’) 2012, Sections 3(1)(w)(i), 3(2)(va), 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (for brevity, ‘the SC/ST Act.,’) read with Section 34 of ‘the IPC.,’. 2. Heard the learned counsel for Petitioner, the learned counsel for Respondent No.2 and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. The learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that in I.A.No.3 of 2024 and I.A.No.4 of 2024 in Crl.P.No.193 of 2024, a learned Single Judge of this Court, by order dated 09.05.2024, quashed the proceedings in view of the compromise effected between Accused No.1 and Respondent No.2. 4. In view of the above, the case against the Petitioner/Accused No.2 is also liable to be quashed, inasmuch as no purpose would be served by continuing the criminal proceedings on the file of M.R.Peta Police Station, Visakhapatnam District. 3 5 Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed, quashing Crime No.01 of 2024 of M.R. Peta Police Station, Visakhapatnam District. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. ________________________ Dr. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 04.02.2026 PRA 4 97 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.259 of 2024 Date: 04.02.2026 PRA