APHC010057852024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WEDNESDAY, THE 19th DAY OF AUGUST 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 710 OF 2024 Between: 1. VEMURI SARATH CHAND, S/O V. Ravindra Aged 37 years, R/o. D.No 9-88/3, Church road, Roy Nagar, Gannavaram, Krishna Dist. . 2. V. Ravindra, F/O VemuriSarath Chand Aged 75 years, R/o. D.No 9-88/3, Church road, Roy Nagar, Gannavaram, Krishna Dist. 3. B G Margaret, W/o V. Ravindra Aged 65 years, R/o. D.No 9- 88/3, Church road, Roy Nagar, Gannavaram, Krishna Dist ...Petitioners AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by Station House Officer, Disha P.S. Guntur and Public Prosecutor at High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi. 2. Yadala Srujana, D/o YadalaPrakasa Rao, Aged about 35 years, R/o. D.No.32-18-1594, 1st Line, Mallikharjunapet, Guntur ...Respondents 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 call for the records pertaining to F.I.R No.226/2021 and C.C No. 109/2022 pending on the file of Honble 2 V Addl. Junior Civil Judge at Guntur, registered against the Petitioners for offences punishable under Section 498 -A of IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of D.P Act and quash the same in the interest of Justice and to pass 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 grant stay of all further proceedings including dispense with the personal appearance of the petitioners in CC No. 109/2022 on the file pending in the Hon’ble V Addl. Junior Civil Judge at Guntur, In the interest of Justice and to pass 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 vacate the interim order dated 12.02.2024 in lA No: 1 of 2024 in CrIP NO: 710 of 2024 and dismiss the quash petition as not maintainable, in view of disputed question of facts and pass Counsel for the Petitioners: RAJANI NALAPATI Counsel for the Respondents: M SOLOMON RAJU Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 710 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 petitioners herein (A1 to A3), seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C. No.109 of 2022 on the file of learned V Additional Junior Civil Judge, Guntur, for the offences punishable under Section 498A of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. No representation for the petitioners. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor basing on the written instructions submits that pending the Criminal Petition, the petitioners got acquitted in C.C. No.109 of 2022 on the file of the learned V Additional Junior Civil Judge, Guntur vide Judgment dated 31.03.2026. He also furnished a copy of the e-Court status. 4. Copy of the e-Court Status report of Judgment dated 31.03.2026 in C.C. No.109 of 2022 on the file of the learned V Additional Junior Civil Judge, Guntur is taken on record. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is closed. 4 Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 19.08.2026 PSA 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 710 of 2024 Date: 19.08.2026 PSA