ORDER (COMMON)

Criminal Petition No.220 of 2024 under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (‘the CrPC’) is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in Crime No.219 of 2023 on the file of Muvvala-vanipalem police station, Visakhapatnam District.

2. I.A.No.2 of 2023 is filed to permit the petitioner/respondent No.2 in the criminal petition to compound the offence under Sections 354-D and 506 IPC.

3. I.A.No.3 of 2023 is filed under Sections 320(2) and Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking to record the compromise and quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in Crime No.219 of 2023 of Muvvalavanipalem police station, Visakhapatnam District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 354-D and 506 IPC.

4. The case of the prosecution, briefly stated, is that the complainant, Ponnapalli Rajani, is working as Senior Associate, State Bank of India, Visakhapatnam. She got married on 19.12.2010 with Sarvepalli Radha Krishna and they were blessed with two children. The petitioner/accused who is working in the same branch used to harass the complainant. During Covid-19 pandemic, when the complainant w