APHC010114132025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] MONDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2443/2025 Between: Tumati Srinivas Reddy and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. MOHAMMED ZUBAIR AKRAM Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: The petitioners are arraigned as Accused Nos.2 and 3 in Crime No.13 of 2025, on the file of Tenali Rural Police Station, Guntur District, for the alleged offences under Section 351(2) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short, “BNS”). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner filed this petition seeking the quashing of the FIR, they have, however, restricted the relief to the extent of directing the Investigating Officer 2 to follow the procedure prescribed under Section 35(3) of the BNSS, and the guidelines prescribed by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar1. 4. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor stated that he has no objection to give such a direction. 5. The criminal petition is disposed off by directing the Station House Officer, Tenali Rural Police, to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, “BNSS”) insofar as the petitioners are concerned. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N Date: 10.03.2025 NKA 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273 3 150 HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N Criminal Petition No.2443 of 2025 Date: 10.03.2025 NKA