APHC010098322023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3604] WEDNESDAY, THE 19th DAY OF AUGUST 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE SUNITHA GANDHAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1567/2023 Between: 1. BODIMANI MANOHAR REDDY, S/ O. VENKATRAMANA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, CASTE BY KAPU, OCC CULTIVATION, R/O. KATTUGUTHAPALLI, H/O. DEVAPATLA VILLAGE OF SAMBEPALLI MANDAL ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT AMARAVATHI, 2. BODIMANI UMA MAHESWARI, W/O. B. MANOHAR REDDY, AGED 27 YEARS, CASTE KAPU, OCCUPATION CULTIVATION, R/O. KATTUGUTHAPALLI, H/O.DEVAPATLA VILLAGE OF SAMBEPALLI MANDAL ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): 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 Courtpleased to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.221 of 2022 on the file of the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Rayachoty, Y.S.R. Kadapa District, in respect of the Petitioner No.1/Accused No.1 and to pass IA NO: 1 OF 2023 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 pleased to stay of all further proceedings including 2 arrest of the Petitioner/Accused No.1inC.C.No.221 of 2022 on the file of the Hon'ble Principal Junior Civil Judge, Rayachoty, Y.S.R. Kadapa District, pending disposal of the above Criminal Petition and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. POPURI LAKSHMI PRIYANVITA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. RAVULA NAGARJUNA 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE SUNITHA GANDHAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1567/2023 ORDER: Smt Popuri Lakshmi Priyanvita, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that this matter arose out of matrimonial disputes and, in the original case in C.C.No.221 of 2022 on the file of the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Rayachoty, Y.S.R. Kadapa District, the petitioner and his wife settled the matter in the Lok-Adalat dated 07.07.2026 before the Mandal Legal Services Committee, Rayachoty and, accordingly, acquitted the petitioner/Accused No.1 and other accused for the offence punishable under Section 498-A r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. Written Instructions of the Sub-Inspector of Police, Sambepalli Police Station, Annamayya District, dated 19.08.2026, were received by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor and submitted the same. 3. As seen from the written instructions, both the parties settled their disputes before the Mandal Legal Services Committee, Rayachoty. 4. Recorded the said submissions. 5. In the result, this Criminal Petition is closed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. ___________________ SUNITHA GANDHAM,J Date: 19.08.2026 SSA 4 08 THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE SUNITHA GANDHAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1567/2023 Date: 19.08.2026 SSA