IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2953 OF 2025 Between: 1. Madiga Salarangadu, S/o. M.Lakshmanna, aged 45 years, Occ. News Reporter, R/o. H.No.6/87, Kanakadinne Village, Pattikonda Mandal, Kurnool District, Presently R/o Gooty Road, Pattikonda Village and Mandal, Kurnool District, PIN-518380. 2. Smt.Santhi Kumari, W/o. Madiga Salarangadu aged 43 years, Occ. Household, R/o. H.No.6/87, Kanakadinne Village, Pattikonda Mandal, Kurnool District, Presently R/o Gooty Road, Pattikonda Village and Mandal, Kurnool District, PIN-518380. ...Petitioners/Accused No.1 & 2 AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra. Pradesh at Amaravati, through Station House Officer, Pattikonda Police Station, Kurnool District. 2. Smt. Nenavath Vasanthabai, W/o. N. Govindu Naik, Aged: 37 years, R/o. J M Thanda hamlet of Majara Village, Pattikonda Mandal, Kurnool District. ...Respondents/Complainant Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C Section 528 of BNSS 2023 praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to call for the records relating to and connected with Crime No. 17/2025 on the file of the Pattikonda Police Station, Kurnool District. I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C Section 528 of BNSS 2023 praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to order stay of all further proceedings in Crime No. 17/2025 on the file of the Pattikonda Police Station, Kurnool District, including the appearance of the petitioners, pending disposal of the above Criminal Petition. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri B. Siva Kesava Reddy, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and None Appeared for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following ORDER: APHC010133702025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] THURSDAY ,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2953/2025 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) Madiga Salarangadu and Others AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. B SIVA KESAVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Contd..2P.. -2- CRLP. No.2953of2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.2953 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. The petitioners were arraigned as A.1 and A.2 in Crime No.17of 2025of Pattikonda Police Station, Kurnool District, registered for the alleged offences under Sections 318(4), 79, 351(2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that on account of the difference in financial transactions between the petitioners and the 2"'^respondent, the petitioners implicated in the present case. The learned counsel further submits that the offences alleged against the petitioners punishable below 7 years and therefore, seeks a direction to the police to follow the procedure provided under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 4. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners, the Station House Officer, Pattikonda Police Station, Kurnool District, is directed to follow the procedure contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, insofar as the petitioners/A.1&A.2 concerned, for the purpose of investigation in connection with Crime No. 17 of 2025. / were are as are -3- CRLP. No.2953of 2025 5. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed off. 6. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the criminal petition shall stand closed. ^ Sd/- M SRINIVAS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR TIO^rOFFICER 1. The Station House Officer, Pattikonda Police Station, Kurnool District. 2. One CC to Sri. B. Siva Kesava Reddy, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CC to Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh Amaravathi. [OUT] 4. Three CD Copies //TRUE COPY// \ SEC To, at Chp sree HIGH COURT DATED:20/03/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2953 of 2025 t 10 APR 2025 S] Current beciion .'y disposing of the criminal petition