APHC010287892024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE 1st DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4631 OF 2024 Between: 1. Thalitha Nelaturi,, aged about 36 years, D/o. Narasaiah, D/No. 2-12 Sankavaram, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh - 523254. 2. Nelaturi Swarna,, aged about 39 years D/o Narasaiah, D/No.2- 12, Sankavaram, KanigiriMar.dalam, sankavaram, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh - 523254. ...Petitioners AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. Amaravathi,Guntur District. 2. The Station House officer, KanigiriPolice Station, PrakasamDistrict, Andhra Pradesh. 3. NelaturiSuchi Kumari, W/o Nathaniyelu @ Nagaraju, aged about 38 years. Private Teacher, R/o D. No. 2-12, Sankavaram post, S.C. Colony, Kanigiri Town and Mandal, Prakasam 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 Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings in Crime No. 81/2024, dated 04/04/2024 on the file of the Kanigiri RS, Prakasam District registered for the offences punishable U/Sec 498A, 342 IPC r/w 2 34 IPCagainst the petitionersi &2 in the interest of justice 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 Grounds of Criminal Petition,the High Court may be pleased may be pleased to dispense with the filing of certified copy of Crime No. 81/2024, dated 04/04/2024 on the file of the Kanigiri P.S, Prakasam District and 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 direct the respondent police not to call the petitioners 1 &2 to the police station unnecessarily without following the procedure established by the law in connection to the Crime No. 81/2024, dated 04/04/2024 on the file of the Kanigiri P.S, Prakasam District registered for the offences punishable U/Sec 498A, 342 IPC r/w 34 IPCtill the disposal of the Main Quash Petition in the interest of the justice and pass Counsel for the Petitioners: JADA SRAVAN KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: INAKOLLU VENKATESWARLU Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4631 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 (Accused), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.81 of 2024 of Kanigiri Police Station, Prakasam District, for the offences punishable under Sections 498A and 342 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. 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.81 of 2024 of Kanigiri Police Station, Prakasam District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate. 3. At that juncture, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Criminal Petition with a liberty to challenge the charge sheet, in accordance with the law, if so advised. 4 4. 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: 01.09.2026 PSA 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4631 of 2024 Date: 01.09.2026 PSA