APHC010670392025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] FRIDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.No.1 of 2026 In/and CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 1416/2025 Between: 1. REVU JAYA KUMAR, S/O. DEVADANAM, HINDU, AGE 41 YEARS. JUNIOR ASSISTANT, O/O. THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PIPLMC-SUB DIVISION-1, DOWLAISWARAM. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI. 2. KONDAVEETI DURGA DEVI, W/O. CHENNAKESAVULU, HINDU, AGE ABOUT 61 YEARS, R/O. SHIRIDI SAI NAGAR, DOWLAISWARAM, BEING REPRESENTED BY HER POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER, KONDAVEETI CHENNAKESAVULU,S/O. PADDARAJU, HINDU, AGE 66 YEARS, R/O. SHIRIDI SAI NAGAR, DOWLAISWARAM. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. S BALA MOHAN RANGA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 2 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2. DAMODAR KORRAPATI 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA I.A.No.1 of 2026 In/and CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 1416/2025 COMMON JUDGMENT: This Criminal Revision Case has been filed under Sections 438 and 442 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) seeking to challenge the Judgment, dated 07.10.2025 passed in Crl.A.No.17 of 2024 on the file of the learned Special Judge for Trial of Cases under SC’s & ST’s (POA) Act-cum-X Additional District & Sessions Judge, East Godavari, at Rajamahendravaram, confirming the Judgment of conviction of the petitioner passed by the learned V Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rajamahendravaram in C.C.No.478 of 2018, dated 19.12.2023. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State and learned counsel for the respondent No.2. 3. The petitioner and respondent No.2 are present. They have compromised the matter. They filed an I.A.No.1 of 2026 along with joint memo and affidavits, which have been countersigned by the learned counsel for both sides. The matter is referred to Mediation Centre for settlement of the issue. 4. The respondent No.2 is permitted to compromise the matter with the petitioner under Section 320(6) of Criminal Procedure Code (for short ‘the Cr.P.C.’), read with Section 147 of Negotiable Instruments Act. 4 5. In that view of the matter, I.A.No.1 of 2026 is allowed in terms of the compromise recorded through Mediation Award dated 23.01.2026. Consequently, the Criminal Revision Case is allowed in terms of compromise, subject to the petitioner depositing an amount of Rs.20,000/- to the High Court Legal Services Committee by 30.01.2026. In default, this Criminal Revision Case stands dismissed. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner is acquitted under Section 320(8) of ‘the Cr.P.C.’. The Judgment in C.C.No.478 of 2018, dated 19.12.2023 on the file of V Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rajamahendravaram and in Crl.A.No.17 of 2024, dated 07.10.2025 on the file of Special Judge for Trial of Cases under SC’s & ST’s (POA) Act-cum-X Additional District & Sessions Judge, East Godavari, at Rajamahendravaram are set aside subject to payments of costs. Consequently, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________________________ DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 23.01.2026. UPS 5 107 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 1416/2025 Dt.23.01.2026 UPS