APHC010339112022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.5081 OF 2022 Between: Bhavanam Anjireddy ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND State of Andhra Pradesh and another ...RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/Accused: 1. NAGA PRAVEEN VANKAYALAPATI Counsel for the Respondents/complainant(S): 1. MEDAPATI SANTOSH REDDY 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., has been filed on behalf of the petitioner herein/Accused to quash the proceedings in Crime No.72 of 2022 of Parchur Police Station, Prakasam district, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. SRK, J CrlP No.5081 of 2022 2 2. Today, when the matter came up for hearing, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, on written instructions, submits that both the parties in Crime No.72 of 2022 of Parchur Police Station, vide CC No.137 of 2023 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Parchur, have compromised the matter before the Lok Adalat and the accused were acquitted of the charges under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act on 09.12.2023 and, in view of the same, nothing survives for adjudication in the Criminal Petition and the matter has become infructuous. 3. Recording the said submission, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ________________________ K. SREENIVASA REDDY, J. Date:18.03.2026 Nsr SRK, J CrlP No.5081 of 2022 3 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.5081 of 2022 Date:18.03.2026 Nsr