APHC010057422025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE 11th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1337 OF 2025 Between: 1. Smt. Chittimuri. Sakunthala, C/o Duwada. Ramanamma Hindu, aged 60 years, H-No. 2-30k, Rajala, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam, A.P.-531061 (A2) 2. Sri. Duwada. Satyanarayana, S/o Duwada. Late Sanyasi, Hindu, aged 56 years, H-No. 2-30B, Rajala, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam, A.P.-531061 (A3 ) 3. Sri. Duwada. Bhonoji Rao, S/o Duwada. Late Sanyasi, / Hindu, aged 55 years, H-No. 2-30, Rajala, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam, A.P.-531061 (A4) 4. Smt. Duwada. Dhanalakshmi, W/o Duwada. Bhonoji Rao Hindu, aged 55 years, H-No. 2-30, Rajala, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam, A.P.-531061 (A5 ) 5. Sri. Nethala. Nooka Raju, S/o Nethala. Venkanna, Hindu, aged 54 years, H-No. 4-36/1, Ranga Vari Veedhi, Yelamanchili Mandalam, Visakhapatnam, A.P.-531055 (A6 ) 2 6. Smt. Nethala., Indira W/o Nethala. Nooka Raju, Hindu, aged 53 years, H-No. 4-36/1, Ranga Vari Veedhi, Yelamanchili Mandalam, Visakhapatnam, A.P.-531055 (A7 ) 7. Chittimuri Shireesha, D/o Chittimuri. Appa Rao, Hindu, aged 28 years, H-No. 2-30, Rajala, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam, A.P.- 531061 (A8 ) ...Petitioners AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. 2. Smt MakkaMatta Nandini Kumari, W/o Makka. Jaya Prasad D/o Matta. Suri Babu, Hindu, aged 28 years Resident of Sc Colony, Kodavatipudi village, Kotavuratia Mandal, Anakapalli District, A.P. ...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 Crime no. 72 of 2024 under sections 85, 351(3) of BNS and Sections 3 and 4 of DPA on Dated 02-09-2024 on registered at Anakapalle Disha U.P.S., Anakapalle District, on filed of 3*^ Additional Junior Civil Judge Court at Anakapalli District, Andhra Pradesh, and pass 3 IA NO: 1 OF 2025 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 filing of the original certified copy of Crime no. 72 of 2024 under sections 85, 351(3) of BNS and Sections 3 and 4 of DPA on Dated 02-09-2024 on registered at Anakapalle Disha U.P.S., Anakapalle District, on filed of 3'’'' Additional Junior Civil Judge Court at Anakapalli District, Andhra Pradesh and pass IA NO: 2 OF 2025 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 all further proceedings against the Petitioners in Crime no. 72 of 2024 under sections 85, 351(3) of BNS and Sections 3 and 4 of DPA on Dated 02-09-2024 on registered at Anakapalle Disha U.P.S., Anakapalle District, on filed of 3^*^ Additional Junior Civil Judge Court at Anakapalli District, Andhra Pradesh, including with the appearance, till the disposal of the main case and pass 4 Counsel for the Petitioners: M.M.M. KRISHNA SANAPALA Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1337 of 2025 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 to A7), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.72 of 2024 of Disha UPS Police Station, Anakapalli District, for the offences punishable under Sections 85 & 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 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.72 of 2024 of Disha UPS Police Station, Anakapalli 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. 6 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, by granting liberty to pursue legal remedies, in accordance with the law. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 11.09.2026 PSA 7 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1337 of 2025 Date: 11.09.2026 PSA