APHC010387292023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] MONDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.5706 OF 2023 Between: Shaik Naseema and others ...PETITIONERS/A2 to A4 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh and another ...RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioners/Accused: 1. VIJAYA KUMAR NAIDANA Counsel for the Respondents/Complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2. C PRAKASH REDDY The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., has been filed on behalf of the petitioners herein/A2 to A4 to quash the proceedings in Crime No.179 of 2023 of Atmakur Police Station, Nandyal district, registered for the offences punishable under Section 498-A read with 34 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. SRK, J CrlP No.5706 of 2023 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.179 of 2023 of Atmakur Police Station, vide CC No.565 of 2023 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Atmakur, have compromised the matter before the Lok Adalat and the accused were acquitted of the charges under Section 498-A read with 34 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act on 13.12.2025 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:30.03.2026 Nsr SRK, J CrlP No.5706 of 2023 3 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.5706 of 2023 Date:30.03.2026 Nsr