APHC010524152025 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: 10229 OF 2025 Between: 1. MAHAMMAD WAEEM AKRAM @ MOHEMMED WASEEM AKRAM, S/o. mohemmed basha, aged 32 years, Occ Private employee, R/o. flat.no. 407, Galaxy prime apartments, Pattabhipuram 3rd line Guntur. 2. Mahammad Sahara @ mohemmed Sahara, W/o. Late mohemmed basha, aged 57 years, Occ House wife, R/o. flat.no. 407, Galaxy prime apartments, Pattabhipuram 3rd line Guntur 3. Shaik Najima @ Shaik nazeema, W/o. Vijay Kumar chidella, aged 45 years, Occ House wife, R/o. flat.no. 303, vaibhav homes 3rd line, sampath nagar, Guntur. 4. Shaik Reshma @ Reshma mohemmed, S/o. Shaik Chand Pasha, aged 40 years, Occ House wife, R/o. flat.no. 102, 2 Saraswathi nilayam, Deepthi Sri Nagar Colony, Madinaguda, Hyderabad. 5. Vijay @ Vijay kumar chidella, S/o. Ramu Chidella, aged 46 years, Occ Private employee, R/o. flat.no. 303, vaibhav homes 3rd line, Sampath Nagar, Guntur. 6. Shaik Chand Basha, S/o. Khadar Mastan, aged 40 years, Occ- House wife, R/o. flat.no. 102, Saraswathi nilayam, Deepthi Sri Nagar Colony, Madinaguda, Hyderabad. 7. Sajida @ syed sajida begum, S/o. mohiddeen, aged 68 years, Occ House wife, R/o. 9-135, Yadava palem, Sri Krishna Temple back side, Tadepalli, Guntur. ...Petitioners AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, through SHO, Mahila UPS, Guntur, rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi, Nelapadu, Guntur District. 2. Shaik Shabana W/o Mahammad Waeem Akram, Age 26 years, R/o.D.No. 26-12-21,Nagarampaelm, Guntur, Guntur District. ...Respondents 3 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 call for the records relating to the FIR.No. 198 of 2025 Dt. 15.09.2025 on the file SHO, Mahila UPS Guntur, Guntur District and quash the proceedings thereon, and to grant 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 to dispense with the filing of the of the certified copy of the FIR.No. 198 of 2025 Dt. 15.09.2025 on the file SHO, Mahila UPS Guntur, Guntur District pending disposal of the Criminal Petition, and to 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 to grant stay of all further proceedings in FIR.No. 198 of 2025 Dt. 4 15.09.2025 on the file SHO, Mahila UPS Guntur, Guntur District pending disposal of the Criminal Petition, and to pass Counsel for the Petitioners: J JANAKIRAMI REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: ROSEDAR S.R.A Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10229 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 (A1 to A7), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.198 of 2025 of Mahila UPS Police Station, Guntur District, for the offences punishable under Sections 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 3 and 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 Crime No.198 of 2025 of Mahila UPS Police Station, Guntur 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: 10229 of 2025 Date: 11.09.2026 PSA