APHC010596372025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.2 to 4 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11598/2025 Between: 1. GURRAM SREENIVASA RAO ALIAS SREENU, S/O. HANUMAIAH, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, R/O. PATHAGANESHUNIPADU VILLAGE, PIDUGURALLA MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT, A.P. 2. GURRAM NAGARJUNA,, S/O. SREENIVASA RAO ALIAS SREENU, AGED ABOUT 24 YEARS R/O. PATHAGANESHUNIPADU VILLAGE, PIDUGURALLA MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT, A.P. 3. MEKALA NARASAIAH,, S/O. PEDA NARAYANA, AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS, R/O. PATHAGANESHUNIPADU VILLAGE, PIDUGURALLA MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT, A.P. 4. GURRAM RAMADEVI,, W/O. SREENIVASA RAO ALIAS SREENU, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS R/O. PATHAGANESHUNIPADU VILLAGE, PIDUGURALLA MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT, A.P. 5. MEKALA PERAMMA,, W/O. NARASAIAH, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, R/O. PATHAGANESHUNIPADU VILLAGE, PIDUGURALLA MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT, A.P. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. MEKALA SURESH, S/O. LATE SRINIVASA RAO, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS R/O. PATHAGANESHUNIPADU VILLAGE, PIDUGURALLA MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT, A.P. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 2 1. SRINIVASA RAO NARRA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. YADAVALLI RAMESH 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: The instant petition under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 to 5, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in S.C.No.689 of 2023 on the file of the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division) Court, Gurazala, Guntur District. 2. I.A.Nos.2 to 4 of 2025 are filed by Respondent No.2 seeking permission to compound the offences and to record the compromise between him and the Petitioners. 3. Petitioners/A1, A3 to A5 and Respondent No.2 appeared before this Court and A2 appeared through V.C. and were identified by their respective learned counsel. Copies of their Aadhar cards attested by their respective counsel are filed for proper identification. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor is in attendance. 5. Both parties would submit that they came to an amicable settlement at the intervention of their elders and well wishers. Learned counsel for the petitioners prays to allow the petition by exercising the inherent jurisdiction under Section 528 of BNSS. 6. It is represented that A1 physically caused injuries to respondent No. 2 and his mother. Respondent No. 2 and his mother submitted before 3 the Court that they do not want any money from the accused, as they are close relatives. 7. In the light of the fact that the present crime is of the year 2021, the police conducted the investigation and filed the charge sheet, and the case was committed to the Sessions Division and is pending before the Court as S.C. No. 689 of 2023 on the file of the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Gurazala, Guntur District. As a measure of caution, A1 is directed to deposit an amount of Rs. 20,000/- towards costs to the Andhra Pradesh High Court Advocates’ Association. 8. Considering the submissions, in the light of the judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court in Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab and another1, since there is an amicable settlement between them, I.A.Nos.2 to 4 of 2025 are allowed. Consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the case against the Petitioners / Accused Nos.1 to 5 in S.C.No.689 of 2023 on the file of the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division) Court, Gurazala, Guntur District, is hereby quashed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:05.01.2026 Asr 1 2012(10)SCC 303 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.Nos.2 to 4 of 2025 IN/AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.11598 of 2025 Dt.05.01.2026 Asr