IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR MONDAY THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH/^ TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE );0 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2701 OF 2025 Between: Bhavanam Eswar Reddy, S/o. B. Lakshmi Reddy, Aged about 44 years. Plot No.205, D.BIock, Samrudhi Nexa Apartment, Pathuru Road, Tadepalli Guntur District. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. The State of AP, Through S.H.O Tadepalli P.S Guntur District, Rep.by public prosecutor. High court of Andhra Pradesh. 2. Yedluri Manemma, W/o. Prasad Babu, Aged 52 years, case by Mala, R/o. Plot No.201, Meenakshi Apartment, syamala Nagar, Guntur, Guntur District ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANTS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to quash the F.I.R in Crime No. 44/2025 on the file of Tadepalli PS, District Guntur against petitioners in the interest of justice I.A. No: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition the High Court may be pleased to dispense with filing Zerox copy of F.I.R in Crime No. 44/2025 on the file of Tadepalli PS, Guntur District instead of Certified copy of F.I.R in the interest of justice Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the I.A. No: 2 OF 2025 Petition under 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 stay the all further proceedings including arrest of the petitioner F.I.R in Crime No. 44/2025 on the file of Tadepalli PS, Guntur District against the petitioner pending disposal of the above quash proceedings in the interest of justice This Petition coming on for hearing upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Lingala Hazarathaiah, Advocate for the Petitioner Prosecutor (AP) on behalf of the Respondent The Court made the following: and the Public I APHC010120292025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] MONDAY ,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2701/2025 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED Bhavanam Eswar Reddy AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT{S) The State Of Ap and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. LINGALA HAZARATHAIAH Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.2701 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner arraigned as accused in Crime No.44 of 2025 of Tadepalli Police Station, Guntur District, for the alleged offence under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, and Sections 3(1 )(r), 3(1 )(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015. 3. The learned counsel further submits that the allegation is that the petitioner had collected amounts for arranging jobs to the son of the 2^^ respondent/ de facto complainant and that when the 2""' respondent demanded money back, she was abused in the name of her caste in the office of the petitioner. 4. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the entire allegations are all false and that the issue relates to the money paid by the 2"'^ respondent to the petitioner for arranging job, the investigating officer/ Station House Officer, Tadepalli Police Station, Guntur District, to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section was Contd...2P... -2- CRLP. No.2701of 2025 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for the purpose of investigation in connection with Crime No.44 of 2025. 5. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed off. 6. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed. Sd/- B. PRASADA RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Station House Officer, Tadepalli Police Station, Guntur District. One CC to Sri Lingala Hazarathaiah, Advocate [OPUC] Two CC s to The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] Three CD Copies. 2. 3. 4. mkp / / HIGH COURT DATED : 17/03/2025 ORDER g 0 8 APR 2025 |) CRLP.No.2701 of 2025 Current Section DISPOSING THE CRLP