APHC010052552024 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: 735 OF 2024 Between: 1. K. Adi Lakshmi,, D/o. K. Lakshmanna, Aged about 30 years, R/o. Somandepalli Village, and Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District. 2. K. Lakshmanna,, S/o. Aged about 34 years, R/o. Somandepalli Village, and Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District ...Petitioners AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Amaravathi, Through Station House Officer, Itukalapaili Police Station, Ananthapuram District. 2. P Jyotsna Reddy, W/o. K. Bhaskar, Aged about 36 years, Occ- House Wife, R/o. Akuthotaplli Village, Ananthapuram Rural Mandal, Ananthapuram District. ...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 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 and 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 2 Grounds of Criminal Petition,the High Court may be pleased may be 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 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 may be 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 Petitioners: VIJAYA KUMAR NAIDANA Counsel for the Respondents: GOUTHAMI SURAPAREDDY Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 735 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 (A2 & A3), 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 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: 13.08.2026 KRK 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 735 of 2024 Date: 13.08.2026 KRK