APHC010052522024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE 13th DAY OF AUGUST 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 781 OF 2024 Between: 1. K LAKSHMI, D/o. K. Akkulappa, aged about 30 years, R/o. D.No.5-68, Indira Nagar, Somandepalli Village and Mandal, Sri Satya Sai District. ...Petitioner AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Amaravathi, Through Station House Officer, Itukalapalli Police Station, Ananthapuram District. ...Respondent 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 Courtmay be pleased to quash the proceedings in FIR No.232/2023 on the file of Itukalapalli Police Station, Ananthapuram District, dt.20.12.2023 IA NO: 1 OF 2024 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 dispense with the requirement of filing of certified copy of FIR No. 232 of 2023 of Itukalapalli Police Station, Ananthapuram District, in the interest of justice and to pass 2 IA NO: 2 OF 2024 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 in FIR No.232/2023 on the file of Itukalapalli Police Station, Ananthapuram District, dt.20.12.2023 pending disposal of the quash petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: VIJAYA KUMAR NAIDANA Counsel for the Respondent GOUTHAMI SURAPAREDDY Counsel for the Respondent: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 781 of 2024 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 petitioner herein (A5), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.232 of 2023 of Itukalapalli Police Station, Ananthapuram District, for the offences punishable under Sections 498 and 494 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 2. At the stage of admission, this Court has not granted any interim order in the instant lis. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of respondent-State, basing on the written instructions, submits that the police have filed a charge sheet in FIR in Crime No.232 of 2023 of Itukalapalli Police Station, Ananthapuram District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate. 4. At that juncture, learned counsel for the petitioner 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: 13.08.2026 KRK 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 781 of 2024 Date: 13.08.2026 KRK