APHC010400292026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE 17th DAY OF AUGUST 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6600 OF 2026 Between: 1. Bommini Anuradha, W/o Srinivasa Rao ,Aged 42 Years, House wife,R/o H.No. 2-30, Main Road,Thotavengannapalem Village,Thallur Mandal, Prakasam District. 2. Bommini Srinivasa Rao alias Srinu, S/o Anjaiah,Aged 54 Years, Employee,R/o H.No. 2-30, Main Road,Thotavengannapalem Village,Thallur Mandal, Prakasam District. 3. Vipparla Anuradha, W/o Lakshmi Narayana,Aged 40 Years, House wife,R/o Throvagunta Village, Ongole Mandal,Prakasam District. 4. Vipparla Lakshmi Narayana, S/o Venkateswarlu,Aged 46 Years, Ex-Service Man,R/o Throvagunta Village, Ongole Mandal,Prakasam District ...Petitioners AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. 2. Verna alias Kurakula Sunitha, W/o Verna Rama Krishna,D/o Kurakula Subba Rao, Aged 33 Years, House wife,R/o Thota Vengannapalem Village, Thallur Mandal,Prakasam District. ...Respondents 2 Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High CourtTo quash the entire proceedings in Crime No. 48 of 2026 of Thallur Police Station IA NO: 1 OF 2026 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition,the High Court may be pleased dispense with filing of certified copy of FIR in Crime No. 48 of 2026 of Thallur Police Station on the file of the court of Judicial First Class Magistrate, Darsi and receive the main criminal petition on file in the interests of justice IA NO: 2 OF 2026 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition,the High Court may be pleased grant stay of all further proceedings in Crime No. 48 of 2026 of Thallur Police Station, pending disposal of the main Criminal Petition Counsel for the Petitioners: PETLURI NAGA RAJU Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6600 of 2026 The Court made the following Order: Instant Criminal Petition, under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed on behalf of the petitioners herein (A3 to A7), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.48 of 2026 of Thallur Police Station, Prakasam District, for the offences punishable under Sections 85, 351(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. At the stage of admission, this Court has not granted any interim order in the instant lis. 3. Sri K. Sandeep, Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of respondent-State, basing on instructions, submits that the police have filed a charge sheet in FIR in Crime No.48 of 2026 of Thallur Police Station, Prakasam District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate. 4. At that juncture, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Criminal Petition 4 with a liberty to challenge the charge sheet, in accordance with the law, if so advised. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, by granting liberty to challenge the charge sheet, in accordance with the law. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 17.08.2026 krk 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM 129 CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6600 of 2026 Date: 17.08.2026 krk