Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 9720 AP
Judgement Date : 28 October, 2024
APHC010380362024
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA
PRADESH
[3368]
AT AMARAVATI
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
MONDAY ,THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF OCTOBER
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FOUR
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI
IA Nos.2 and 3 of 2024
in/and
Criminal Petition No:6409 of 2024
Between:
Vadithe Thavurya Naik and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S)
AND
The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S)
Pradesh and Others
Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S):
1. JAGAN MOHAN RAO MANNAVA
Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S):
1. VENKATA DURGA RAO ANANTHA
2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
The Court made the following:
COMMON ORDER:
This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. (Section
528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Swaksha Sanihitha (BNSS) Act, 2023) has
been filed on behalf of the petitioners herein/Accused Nos.1 and 2,
to quash the proceedings in P.R.C.No.10 of 2024 on the file of the
Judicial First Class Magistrate of Special Mobile Court, Guntur.
2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Assistant
Public Prosecutor representing the 1st respondent-State and learned
counsel for the 2nd respondent-de facto complainant.
3. Today, when the matter is taken up, petitioners
herein/Accused Nos.1 and 2 and 2nd respondent herein are present
before this Court. They produced their respective aadhar cards in
proof of their identity. Learned counsel for the petitioners and the
learned counsel for 2nd respondent have identified both the parties in
the open Court.
4. This Court has questioned 2nd respondent herein/de facto
complainant with regard to compromise, and she categorically
stated to that extent that she has voluntarily entered into
compromise with the petitioners herein/Accused Nos.1 and 2. This
Court is satisfied with the identification of the parties and
voluntariness in arriving at the compromise. In view of the
compromise between the parties, the chances of conviction are
remote and bleak.
5. In the light of judgment of the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of
Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab & another1, on quashing of
criminal case, when the parties entered into settlement and
compromise, the Criminal Petition is allowed and therefore, the case
proceedings in P.R.C.No.10 of 2024 on the file of the Judicial First
Class Magistrate of Special Mobile Court, Guntur, against the
petitioners herein/Accused Nos.1 and 2, is hereby quashed.
2012 (9) Scale 257
6. Accordingly, I.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2024 and Criminal Petition
No.6409 of 2024 are allowed.
As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any,
pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed.
____________________ _ B.V.L.N.CHAKRAVARTHI, J
Date: 28.10.2024.
Pab
HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI
I.A Nos.2 and 3 of 2024 in/and Criminal Petition No:6409 of 2024
Date: 28.10.2024
Pab
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