APHC010630882025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2026 in/and CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12134/2025 Between: 1. SHAIK MOHAMMAD ISHAQ, S/O SHAIK MOHAMMAD HASSAN, AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS,OCC SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, R/O H NO 14-67/5/47,NAVYA NAGAR COLONY, BEERAMGUDA, AMEENPUR, HYDERABAD. 2. SHAIK MOHAMMAD SHYAMALA ALIAS SAIDA, W/O SHAIK MOHAMMAD HASSAN, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, OCC HOUSEWIFE, R/O FLAT NO 201, H NO 6-34/1,SRI SAI MEGHANA RESIDENCY, CHANDA NAGAR, HYDERABAD 3. SHAIK MOHAMMAD HASSAN, S/O ANGAR SAHEB, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, OCC PVT EMPLOYEE, R/O FLAT NO 201, H NO 6-34/1, SRI SAI MEGHANA RESIDENCY, CHANDA NAGAR, HYDERABAD 4. SHAIK NISSAR AHMED, S/O SHAIK MOHAMMAD HASSAN, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS,OCC SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, R/O FLAT NO 201, H NO 6-34/1,SRI SAI MEGHANA RESIDENCY, CHANDA NAGAR, HYDERABAD AT PRESENT RESIDING AT PUNE ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIE PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATI. REPRESENTING STATION HOUSE OFFICER, JAGGAYAPETA PS, NTR DISTRICT. 2. SHAIK FARHEEN, W/O SHAIK MOHAMMAD ISHAQ, AGED 29 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.12134 of 2025 Dated 19.02.2026 YEARS, OCC CLINICAL DATA MANAGER,R/O YY COLONY, JAGGAYAPETA, NTR DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): CHALLA AJAY KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2. BUDATI GNANENDER KUMAR REDDY The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: These two 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 to 4, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.233 of 2025 of Jaggaiahpet Police Station, NTR District, registered for the offences punishable under Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’), and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for brevity ‘the D.P.Act’). 3. I.A.No.1 of 2026 is filed by the petitioner/respondent No.2 seeking permission to permit the petitioner/respondent No.2 to compromise the matter with respondents/accused Nos.1 to 4 and to compound the offences under 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.12134 of 2025 Dated 19.02.2026 Section 85 of ‘the BNS’ and Sections 3 and 4 of ‘the D.P.Act’, in Crime No.233 of 2025 of Jaggaiahpet Police Station, NTR District. 4. I.A.No.2 of 2026 is filed by the petitioner/respondent No.2 seeking to record compromise between the petitioner/respondent No.2 and the respondents/accused Nos.1 to 4 as per the joint memo and quash the proceedings against the respondents/accused Nos.1 to 4 in Crime No.233 of 2025 of Jaggaiahpet Police Station, NTR District. 5. Today, when the matter was taken up for hearing, the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 4 and respondent No.2/de-facto complainant were present before this Court. They produced their respective attested copies of Aadhar cards in proof of their identity, and the same were placed on record for proper identification. Both the learned counsel on record identified both the parties in open Court. 6. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners and respondent No.2 have amicably settled their disputes, and that petitioner No.1 and respondent No.2 are now living together as husband and wife. 7. Ms. P.Akhila Naidu, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State, reported no objection to record the compromise. 8. This Court enquired the respondent No.2/de-facto complainant about her willingness to enter into a compromise in the matter. She represented before the Court that she has voluntarily come forward for the compromise. 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.12134 of 2025 Dated 19.02.2026 The de-facto complainant further represented that the case may be closed against the accused persons and she does not want to prosecute the matter. 9. Considering the submissions and 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 the parties, in the interest of justice, I.A.Nos.1 & 2 of 2026 are allowed. 10. Consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed, and the case against the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4 in Crime No.233 of 2025 of Jaggaiahpet Police Station, NTR District, is hereby quashed. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 19.02.2026 RSI 1 2012(10)SCC 303 5 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.12134 of 2025 Dated 19.02.2026 95 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2026 in/and CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12134/2025 Date: 19.02.2025 RSI