Date of reserved for orders : Date of pronouncement : Date of uploading : APHC010008192024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY, THE 22nd DAY OF JUNE 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO I.A.Nos.3 & 4 of 2024 In/And CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 19/2024 Between: 1. PILLA RAMA RAO, PILLA RAMA RAO, S/O LATE RANGA RAO, HINDU, AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS, OCC-RETIRED EMPLOYEE, D.NO.58-18-16, NAD KOTHA ROAD, BESIDES RABINDRA BHARATHI SCHOOL, GOPALAPATNAM (RURAL), VISAKHAPATNAM, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, , REP., BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT AT HYDERABAD. 2. DR RAKURTHI PAVAN, S/O CHAKRADHARA RAO, HINDU, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, D.NO.8-4-12, DOCTORS COLONY, PEDAWALTAIR, VISAKHAPATNAM, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. R SIVA SAI SWARUP Counsel for the Respondent(S): 2 Dr.YLR, J Crl.R.C.No.19 of 2024 Dated 22.06.2026 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 2. PHANI BABU YALAMANCHILI The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER I.A.Nos.3 & 4 of 2024 are filed to record and permit the compromise the case between the Petitioner and the Respondent No.2. 2. Today, when the matter was taken up for hearing, the Petitioner and Respondent No.2 was present before this Court. Before the intervention of the elders and well-wishers known to both parties, the dispute was amicably resolved through mutual discussions. Both parties have voluntarily entered into a compromise and settled all their disputes out of court. The complainant has received the agreed settlement amount in full and final satisfaction of the claim. The complainant has no further claim whatsoever against the accused. Hence, the complainant has no objection to the criminal proceedings being closed. They filed joint memo also. Thus, the compromise was reached for the prolonged litigation under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for brevity ‘the N.I.Act.,’). 3. In view of the compromise affected in between the Petitioner and the Respondent No.2, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of as compromised. Resultantly, the Petitioner is acquitted under Section 320(8) of ‘the Cr.P.C.,’ by giving permission to the Petitioner to compromise the offence with the 3 Dr.YLR, J Crl.R.C.No.19 of 2024 Dated 22.06.2026 Respondent No.2 under Section 147 of ‘the N.I.Act.,’ read with 320 (6) of the ‘Cr.P.C’. 4. Accordingly, the I.A.Nos.3 & 4 of 2024 are allowed, and the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of as compromised by compounding the offence. Consequently, the conviction and sentence judgment dated 27.06.2018 passed by the learned V Special Magistrate at Visakhapatnam in C.C.No.175 of 2017, as confirmed in Criminal Appeal No.349 of 2018, dated 22.12.2023, by the learned I Additional Metropolitan Session Judge at Visakhapatnam, are set aside, as a result, the Petitioner is acquitted. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, interlocutory applications, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ Dr. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Dt:22.06.2026 KMS Whether the order is : Speaking Yes/No / Reasoned Yes/No Reportable Yes/No / Non-Reportable Yes/No 4 Dr.YLR, J Crl.R.C.No.19 of 2024 Dated 22.06.2026 246 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 19/2024 Date: 22.06.2026 KMS