CRLP/7926/2026 of Shaik Salam Vs The State of Andhra Pradesh on 8 September 2026

1. SHAIK SALAM, S/O. BASHA,AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS, PRIVATE EMPLOYEE,R/O. H/NO. 6-42/18, GANDHAM VARI BAZAR RENTACHINTALA VILLAGE AND MANDAL,PALNADU DISTRICT.

2. SHAIK BASHA, S/O. HUSSEN,AGED ABOUT

YEARS,R/O. H/NO. 6-42/18, GANDHAM VARI BAZAR,RENTACHINTALA VILLAGE AND MANDAL,PALNADU DISTRICT

3. SHAIK MUNNI, W/O. BASHA,AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS. HOUSEWIFE,R/O. H/NO. 6-42/18, GANDHAM VARI BAZAR,RENTACHINTALA VILLAGE AND MANDAL,PALNADU DISTRICT

4. SHAIK MAHABI ALIAS MAHABOOB BI, W/O. ABDUL SHARIF,AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS. HOUSEWIFE,R/O. D.NO. 1-139, NAGULAVARAM VILLAGE MACHERLA MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT.

5. SHAIK ABDUL SHARIF, S/O. MASTAN VALI,AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS. PRIVATE EMPLOYEER/O. D.NO. 1- 139, NAGULAVARAM VILLAGE,MACHERLA MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND

1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT,AT AMARAVATHI.

2. SHAIK RAMJANBI, W/O. SALAM,AGED ABOUT 23 YEARS. HOUSEWIFE,R/O. KAMBHAMPADU VILLAGE,MACHERLA MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT.PH NO. 7680946080.

...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S):

Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Courtto quash the case against the Petitioners/Accused A1 to A5 in Cr.No. 46 of 2026 on the file of Macherla Rural Police Station IA NO: 1 OF 2026

Grounds of Criminal Petition,the High Court may be pleased to dispense with the filing of the certified copies of the FIR and complaint in Cr.No. 46 of 2026 on the file of Macherla Rural Police Station which was registered for the alleged offences under Sections 85 of BNS and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, for the present, in the interest of justice IA NO: 2 OF 2026

Grounds of Criminal Petition,the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings in Cr.No. 46 of 2026 on the file of Macherla Rural Police Station including appearance of the Petitioners pending disposal of Criminal Petition before the Hon’ble Court.

Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S):

1. PADALA VENKATA SRIRAM REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S):

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM

CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7926 of 2026 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 A5), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.46 of 2026 of Macherla Rural Police Station, Palnadu District, for the offences punishable under Sections 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 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. Sri K.Sandeep, learned Aassistant 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.46 of 2026 of Macherla Rural Police Station, Palnadu 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

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: 09.09.2026 RMR

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM

CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7926 of 2026

Date: 09.09.2026 RMR