APHC010051652026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY,THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 859/2026 Between: KOPPULA RAJYALAKSHMI, W/O. K. KRISHNA MOHAN, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, OCC MEDICAL OFFICER, RIO. FT.NO.302, 3RD FLOOR, LAVAKUSHA APARTMENTS, RAMESH NAGAR, GUNTUPALLI VILLAGE-521241, NTR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AT AMARAVATHI. 2. 2. TALLAPALLI NAGESWARI, W/O. RAMU, AGED 43 YEARS, RIO. D. NO.43-107/1-11, ANDHRA PRABHA COLONY, AJITH SINGH NAGAR, VIJAYAWADA, NTR DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: B S N NAIDU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.859 of 2026 Dated 06.02.2026 The Court made the following: 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 in Crl.A.No.157 of 2023 on the file of the learned XII Additional District and Sessions Judge (FAC) at Vijayawada. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. Mr. B.S.N. Naidu, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that pursuant to the compromise entered into between the petitioner and respondent No.2, a substantial amount, i.e., 70% of the cheque amount, was paid by the petitioner/accused to respondent No.2, and the remaining 30% of the cheque amount is yet to be paid. The petitioner undertakes to pay the said amount before the learned Appellate Court; however, the learned Appellate Court has not considered the said aspect, even though the Criminal Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in Crl.A.No.157 of 2023 on the file of the learned XII Additional District and Sessions Judge (FAC), Vijayawada. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner has restricted his relief to a direction to the learned Appellate Court to consider the request of the 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.859 of 2026 Dated 06.02.2026 petitioner to pay the remaining 30% of the cheque amount to respondent No.2 and get the matter amicably settled during the pendency of the appeal. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, directing the learned Appellate Court to consider the request of the petitioner/accused at the appropriate stage, inasmuch as the offence alleged to have been committed by the petitioner/accused is compoundable under Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for brevity, ‘the N.I. Act’), read with Section 320 of ‘the Cr.P.C.’. 6. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 06.02.2026 RSI 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.859 of 2026 Dated 06.02.2026 98 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 859 of 2026 Date: 06.02.2026 RSI 5 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.859 of 2026 Dated 06.02.2026 HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MAIN CASE No: Crl.P.No.859 of 2026 PROCEEDING SHEET Sl. No. DATE ORDER OFFICE NOTE 01. 06.02.2026 Dr.YLR,J The Criminal Petition is disposed of. (Vide separate order). _________ Dr.YLR,J RSI