APHC010222842022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3681/2022 Between: 1. GOLI NIRISHA, D/O. SOWRY, AGED 22 YEARS, R/O. 13TH LINE, NULAKAPET VILLAGE, TADEPALLI MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH 2. GOLI MERY SUJATHA, D/O. SOWRY, AGED 25 YEARS, R/O. 13TH LINE, NULAKAPET VILLAGE, TADEPALLI MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH, NOW RESIDING AT PRAKASH NAGAR, KADAPA. 3. BANDAMEEDI YELLAIAH, S/O VENKATESWARLU, AGED 31 YEARS, R/O. H. NO. 1-144, CHINTHALA PALLI, MIDTHUR, KURNOOL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) A N D 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, HIGH COURT BUILDINGS AT NELAPADU, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. . (SHO PS, MANGALAGIRI RURAL) 2. BULLA KOTESWARA RAO, S/O. LAZAR, AGED 48 YEARS, RIO. MAKKEVARIPETA, NAVULURU VILLAGE, MANGALAGIRI MANUAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): 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 to call for the records relating to and in connection with Crime No.158 of 2022 dated 04.03.2022 on the file of the SHO PS, Mangalagiri Rural, Guntur District and quash the same and pass SRK, J Crl.P.No.3681 of 2022 2 IA NO: 1 OF 2022 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 certified copy c,)f Crime No. 158 of 2022, dated 04.03.2022 on the file of SHO PS, Mangalagiri Rural, Guntur District before this Hon'ble Court and pass IA NO: 2 OF 2022 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 stay of all further proceedings in Crime No. 158 of 2022 dated 04.03.2022 on the file of the SHO PS, Mangalagiri Rural, Guntur District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. V SAI KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: SRK, J Crl.P.No.3681 of 2022 3 O R D E R This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed by the petitioners herein/Accused, to quash the proceedings in Crime No.158 of 2022 of Mangalagiri Rural Police Station, Guntur Urban, for the offences punishable under Sections 306 and 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 (1) (r), 3 (1) (s), 3 (2) (v), 3 (2) (v) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners/Accused submits that pursuant to filing of Criminal Petition, police conducted investigation and filed charge sheet. 3. Recording the said submission, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous. However, the petitioners/Accused are at liberty to challenge the charge sheet, if they are so advised. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. ___ __________ JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY 9th April, 2026. DNB