IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE AT AMARAVATI PRESENT the honourable SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N criminal petition NO: OF 2Q2fi Between: Siripireddy Meghanadha Reddy, S/o. S. Narayana Reddy name is typed as Meghanlanatha Reddy), Aged about Agriculture, R/o. . (In the FIR 30 years, Occ; EguvaKannikapuram, Gantavaripalle, Jakkidona, Vedurukuppam, Chittoor District, A.R - 517126 ...Petitioner/Accused No.3 AND 1. The State Of Andhra Pradesh Puram P.S., Chittoor District. A.P At Amaravathi. Rep. by its Station House Officer, S.R. Through Public Prosecutor, High Court of ...Respondent No.1/ Complainant Reddy, Aged about 24 years, R/o. , ChittoorDistrict, Andhra Pradesh ...Respondent No.2/ Defacto - Complainant 528 of BNSS, 2. A. Dhamu Reddy, S/o. A. Govindhu Nallapalli Village, S.R. Puram Mandal Petition under Section ^ praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal the High Court Petition, may be pleased to call for the records relating to and in 0^' connection with the FIR No. 132 of 2024 Station, Chittoor District on the file of S.R. Puram Police registered for the offences punishable under sections 318(2). 318 (4) R/w. 3(5) of BNS and consequently quash the same against the petitioner herein/Accused No.3 I.A. NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C/ Section 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 the further proceedings including arrest of the petitioner/ accused no. 3 in connection with FIR No. 132 of 2024 registered on the file of S.R. Puram Police Station, Chittoor District. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and V. Nitesh, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Respondent No.1 upon hearing the arguments of Sri the Public Prosecutor on behalf The Court made the following; APHC010114232025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2558/2025 Between: Siripireddy Meghanadha Reddy ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.VNITESH Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following order: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioner was arraigned as A.3 in Crime No.132 of 2024 of S.R.Puram police station, Chittoor District, registered for the alleged offence under Sections 318(2), 318(4) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, r i 2023. 3. It is alleged in the complaint that A.1 deceitfully collected Rs.48,00,000/- by making false promises of providing employment to the complainant and 16 others. Furthermore, A.1 released a video clip falsely claiming that the petitioner (A.3) had joined him in their office. It is submitted that Contd....2P. i -2- CRLP. No.2558 of 2025^ the petitioner had lodged a cyber-complaint against A.1 and two others on 16.05.2024. The learned counsel further submits that the petitioner had no involvement in the alleged offence and has been falsely implicated solely based on the statement of A.1. 4. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner this Court is inclined to dispose off the criminal petition, directing the Station House Officer, S.R.Puram Police Station, Chittoor District, to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for the purpose of investigation in connection with crime No. 132 of 2024. 5. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed off. 6. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed. //true copy// SEcfro^ToFFIC^ station, Chittoor District To, T The Station House 2- OneCCtoSriV 3. Two CC Ofifcer, S.R puram Police Nitesh, Advocate fOPUCJ Prosecutor, High Court to Public Amaravathi. [OUT] < Three CD Copies of Andhra Pradesh at MV sree i HIGH COURT DATED: 11/03/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2558 of 2025 ^*ofano^ s 02 APR 2025 g ^ . Current section . DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION