APHC010389382025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO I.A.Nos.2 to 4 of 2025 in/and CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8185/2025 Between: 1. VELITHARLLA SATISH KUMAR ALIAS SATISH, S/O. BHIMANJANEYULU, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, R/O. D.NO.5, BAKKANNAGARIPALLI VILLAGE, VEMPALLI MANDAL, YSR (KADAPA) DISTRICT. 2. VELUTHALA BHEEMUDU ALIAS BHEEMAIAH, S/O. CHINNAIAH, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, R/O. D.NO.5, BAKKANNAGARIPALLI VILLAGE, VEMPALLI MANDAL, YSR (KADAPA) DISTRICT ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, THROUGH VEMPALLI POLICE STATION, YSR (KADAPA) DISTRICT HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. JARPALA PRABHAKAR NAIK, S/O. CHINNATAKRI NAIK, AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, R/O. D.NO.2-23, BAKKANNAGARIPALLI VILLAGE, VEMPALLI MANDAL, YSR (KADAPA) DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): SHAIK MOHAMMED ISMAIL Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. M VENKATESWARLA REDDY 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.8185 of 2025 Dated 10.02.2026 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: These three Interlocutory Applications and the Criminal Petition are heard and disposed of by this common order. 2. The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘BNSS’) by the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.153 of 2025 of Vempalli Police Station, YSR Kadapa District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 118(1), 351(2) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘BNS’) and Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for brevity, ‘the Act’). 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, and the learned counsel for respondent No.2. 4. The petitioners/Accused Nos.1 & 2 and respondent No.2 are present. 5. I.A. Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 are filed by the petitioner/respondent No.2 seeking permission to permit him to compromise the matter and to compound the offences under Sections 118(1), 351(2) read with 3(5) of ‘the 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.8185 of 2025 Dated 10.02.2026 BNS’ and Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) of ‘the Act’ in Crime No.153 of 2025 of Vempalli Police Station, YSR Kadapa District. 6. I.A. No.4 of 2025 is filed by the petitioner/respondent No.2 seeking to record the compromise entered into between the petitioner/respondent No.2 and the respondents/accused as per the joint memo and to quash the proceedings against the respondents/accused in Crime No.153 of 2025 of Vempalli Police Station, YSR Kadapa District. 7. Today, when the matter was taken up for hearing, the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 and respondent No.2/de-facto complainant were present before this Court. They produced their respective attested copies of Aadhaar cards in proof of their identity, and the same were placed on record for proper identification. Both the learned counsel on record identified the parties in open Court. 8. Ms. P. Akhila Naidu, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State, reported no objection to record the compromise. 9. This Court enquired with respondent No.2/de-facto complainant about his willingness to enter into a compromise in the matter. He represented before this Court that he has voluntarily come forward for the compromise. The respondent No.2 further represented that the case may be closed against the accused persons and that he does not want to prosecute the matter. 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.8185 of 2025 Dated 10.02.2026 10. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and since there is an amicable settlement between the parties, in the interest of justice, I.A. Nos.2 to 4 of 2025 are allowed. 11. Consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed, and the case against the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 in Crime No.153 of 2025 on the file of Vempalli Police Station, YSR Kadapa District, is hereby quashed. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 10.02.2026 RSI 5 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.8185 of 2025 Dated 10.02.2026 159 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO I.A.Nos.2 to 4 of 2025 in/and CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8185/2025 Date: 10.02.2025 RSI