APHC010349562025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] SATURDAY,THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7244/2025 Between: 1.SRI KANTAMNENI SRINIVASA RAO, S/O (LATE) KOTESWARA RAO OCC BUSINESS, AGED 53 YRS R/AT D.NO.2-154, PURUSHOTTAPATNAM GANNAVARAM MANDAI, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 2.SRI SOMULA PAVAN KALYAN PAVAN, S/O RATNA BABU SOMULA, AGED 27 YRS, PURUSHOTTAPATNAM, GANNAVARAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 3.SMT DEVIKA . M, AGED YRS. MANAGER, MUTHO ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP., BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT AT AMARAVATHI. 2.SRI ANNE SRINIVASA RAO, S/O KONDALA RAO, AGED MAJOR, R/AT PURUSHOTTAPATNAM, GNNAVARAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1.RAVURI LEELA SAI SAMPATH Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1.JANGAM VARUN ROY 2.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNSS’), seeking to quash the proceedings against the Petitioners in FIR.No.609 of 2021 on the file of Gannavaram Police Station, Krishna District. 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioners, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor and the learned Counsel for Respondent No.2. 3. A learned Single Judge of this Court in Crl.P.No.7902/2024 on 01.08.2025 quashed the proceedings against Accused No.2 in Cr.No.609/2021. For Accused No.3, a learned Single Judge of this Court in Crl.P.No.7367/2022 quashed the proceedings on merits. 4. Nevertheless, learned Counsel for Respondent No.2 has submitted an affidavit stating that the matter is settled out of court in the presence of the elders and well-wishers of both sides and it is urged that the Criminal Petition may be allowed. 5. In view of the settlement of the dispute in between the Petitioners and Respondent No.2, the Criminal Petition is allowed. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 07.03.2026 VTS