APHC010219332021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] SATURDAY,THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3674/2021 Between: 1. ADDEPALLI RAJENDRA PRASAD, S/O LATE KRUPA RAO, AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS, OCC. RETD. MANAGER, R/O JAMMICHETTU CENTER, MOGALRAJPURAM, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 2. ATHOTA SUJATA, W/O NAGESWARA RAO, AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS, OCC. TEACHER, R/O LINGARAO CENTER, TENALI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. STATE OF AP, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. SANDIPARNU ROOPA RAJ, W/O MAHADEV, AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS, R/O D.NO. 49-34-27, P.N.R. COMPLEX, AKKAYYAPALEM, VISAKHAPATNAM,VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): KASI KONDA REDDY YENUMULA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.3674 of 2021 Dated 31.01.2026 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 against the petitioners/Accused in C.C.No.152 of 2020 on the file of the learned I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam, in Crime No.48 of 2019 of Women Police Station, Visakhapatnam City, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Section 498-A read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity ‘the IPC’) and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. No representation for the petitioners; even on the last occasion also there was no representation for the petitioners. Notice on respondent No. 2 has also not been taken for the past five years. Even though the matter is listed today under the caption ‘For Dismissal,’ there is no representation for the petitioners. 3. In view of the above, the Criminal Petition is dismissed for non- prosecution. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 31.01.2026 RSI 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.3674 of 2021 Dated 31.01.2026 65 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3674 of 2021 Date: 31.01.2026 RSI