1 APHC010400882025 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 I.A.Nos.3 and 4 In&and CRIMINAL PETITION NOs: 10441 and 8086 of 2025 Between: Tati Sai Gautham ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. NIRMALBABU A CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8086/2025 Between: Tati Jayasri and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. NirmalbabuA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 2 1. Public Prosecutor 2. Yaswanth Gade The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: Criminal Petition No.10441 of 2025 has been filed by the petitioner/Accused No.1, and Criminal Petition No.8086 of 2025 has been filed by the petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 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 in C.C.No.524 of 2025 arising out of Crime No.269 of 2024 on the file of the learned II Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division)- cum-II Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tanuku, for the alleged offences punishable under Section 85 read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, “the BNS”), and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for brevity, “the D.P. Act”). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. As seen from the record, on the complaint lodged by the de-facto complainant/2nd respondent, the police registered a case in Crime No.269 of 2024 for the alleged offences punishable under Section 85 read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, “the BNS”), and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for brevity, “the D.P. Act”). 3 4. The Sub-Inspector of Police, Tanuku Town Police Station, after conducting a thorough investigation, filed a charge sheet against the petitioners. During the pendency of the above criminal petitions, I.A.No.4 of 2026 was filed seeking permission to permit the 2nd respondent to compound the offence with the petitioners. Another application in I.A.No.3 of 2026 was filed seeking permission to record the compromise. 5. In the petition filed to compound the offence, a General Power of Attorney was produced. The said General Power of Attorney was executed by Accused No.1 in favour of Accused No.3, appointing Accused No.3 as the GPA holder for Accused No.1. Accused No.1 is the son of Accused Nos.2 and 3. Accused No.4 is the brother of Accused No.1 and the son of Accused Nos.2 and 3. 6. The 2nd respondent filed an affidavit stating that the dispute between the parties has been amicably settled. She stated that it is not possible for them to live together as husband and wife and that, with the consent of both parties and in the presence of their elders, a mediation/settlement was held, wherein it was agreed that Accused No.1 shall pay a sum of Rs.22,00,000/- to the 2nd respondent towards permanent alimony/maintenance for life. The 2nd respondent agreed to withdraw the case filed against the accused, as she felt that there is no purpose in continuing the criminal proceedings against the petitioners/accused. 7. She further stated that, in view of her matrimonial prospects and to safeguard her future, and to give quietus to the dispute instead of pursuing 4 litigation before civil and criminal courts, she voluntarily decided to settle the dispute with the petitioners/accused of her own free will, without any force, coercion, or undue influence from any of the petitioners/accused. 8. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and in view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2026 are allowed, and the proceedings in C.C.No.524 of 2025 arising out of Crime No.269 of 2024 on the file of the learned II Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division)-cum-II Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tanuku, are hereby quashed. 9. In the result, the Criminal Petitions are allowed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ Dr.Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J. Date: 31.01.2026 KMS 5 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NOs: 10441 and 8086 of 2025 Date: 31.01.2026 KMS 159