PADMOANABHUNI RAJESWARI v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
CRLP/1895/2023 · 2025-06-24
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. n APHC010117942023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1895 OF 2023 Between: Padmoanabhuni Rajeswari, W/o. Surendra, aged about 39 years, R/o. Sitarampuram, VijayaWada-2 ...PETITIONER/DEFACTO COMPLAINANT AND
1. The State Of Andhra Pradesh, rep by The Public Prosecutor, High of A.P., Amaravathi
2. Vecha Manisankar, S/o. Surya Prasad, 25 years, Vysya, Javvarupeta (A-1) Machilipatnam.
3. Vecha Ravisankar, S/o. Surya Prasad, 24 years, Vysya, Javvarupeta, ' (A-2) Machilipatnam.
4. Vecha Surya Prasad alias Prasad, S/o Subrahmanyam, 51 years. (A-3) Vysya, Javvarupeta, Machilipatnam.
5. Pedasanaganti Venkata Rajani Kumari, W/o. Rajaka, Parasupeta, Machilipapaam, Office of Agricultural Market Yard, Late Murali, 27 years. (A-4) Pedana. ...ACCUSED/RESPONDENTS
Petition under Section 482 of Gr.P.C, praying that in the circumstances *' stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to set aside the Order dated 10.02.2023 passed in Cr.M.P No. 17/2023 & 18/2023 in C.C. No. 122 of 2019 on the file of the Court of the I Additional Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Machilipatnam, Krishna District.
lA NO: 1 OF 2023 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C, 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 further proceedings in C.C.No.122 of 2019 on the file of the I Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate Court, Machilipatnam, Krishna District, pending disposal of the C.C.No.122 of 2019. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the
arguments of Sri R Arun Kumar, Advocate for the Petitioners, the Public Prosecutor of High Court of Andhra Pradesh on behalf of the Respondent No.1, Sri Narasimha Rao Gudiseva, Advocate for the Respondent Nos. 2, 3 & 4 and Sri Akula Vamsi Krishna, Advocate for the Respondent No.5. The Court made the following ORDER :
APHC010117942023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] WEDNESDAY ,THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1895/2023 Between: Padmoanabhuni Rajeswari ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused;
1.ARUN KUMAR R Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S);
1.NARASIMHA RAO GUDISEVA
2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3.AKULA VAMSI KRISHNA The Court made the following: ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S)
\ II2II THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH. N CRIMINAL PETITION No.1895 of 2023
ORDER:
1. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed in Crl.MP.Nos.17 of 2023 and 18 of 2023 in CC.No.122 of 2019 on the file of I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Machilipatnam. 2. The Investigating Officer through the APP filed the petitions for recall of PW.1 for the purpose of further cross-examination and for receiving the documents, the learned Magistrate passed a common order dismissing the petitions primarily on the ground that the whatsapp chats were pertaining to the month of August,
2022. The complaint alleging the offences against the accused was presented on 02.06.2017. The investigating officer intended to bring on record the video recordings and the whatsapp chats which were transpired in the month of August, 2022. 3. The learned Magistrate has dismissed the petitions by observing that PW.1 cannot be recalled and the additional documents cannot be received after filing the charge sheet and that the prosecution with an intent to drag the proceedings has come up with the petitions belatedly in CC.No.122 of 2019 which is pending for over four years.
4. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State. 5. During the pendency of a criminal case after filing of charge sheet the prosecution cannot be permitted to furnish additional material which is not part of record. The investigating officer I could have resorted to conducting further investigation if he/she has come across additional evidence which is pertinent to the case with the permission of the Court. 6. In the present case on hand, the alleged video recordings and the whatsapp chat was produced by the PW.1 and they are sought to be brought on record by filing a petition under Section 311 of Cr.P.C., and seeking to take on record additional documents by filing petition under Section 91 Cr.P.C.,
7. Section 91 Cr.P.C., does not permit the prosecution to produce additional documents after the commencement of trial in the Court for the purpose of marking and for the purpose of leading further evidence with regard to the additional documents/materia l objects. 8. The scope of Section 311 Cr.P.C., cannot be stretched to the extent of bringing in additional documents and material objects which are not part of record of the Court filed by the investigating
\ \ 1/41/ officer along with a charge sheet.
The Criminal Procedure Code is comprehensive and such procedure cannot be permitted. 9. On these grounds, the criminal petition is dismissed. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stands closed. SD/- K.TATARAO DEPUTY REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To,
1. The I Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate Court, Machilipatnam, Krishna District One CC to Sri R.Arun Kumar, Advocate [OPUC] One CC to Sri Narasimha Rao Gudiseva, Advocate [OPUC] One CC to Sri Akula Vamsi Krishna, Advocate [OPUC] Two CC’s to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] Three CD Copies GPC TAC
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. HIGH COURT DATED:25/06/2025 A \
ORDER CRLP 1895/2023 vS I 9 JUL 2025 ifTentSectiojiXW DISMISSING THIS CRLP