APHC010137042025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2930/2025 Between: Patha Mahamkalaiah and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. SARANU PHANI TEJA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: -2- CRL.P. No.2930 of 2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.2930 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. The petitioners were arraigned as A.1 to A.3in Crime No.54 of 2025 of Narsaraopet Rural Police Station, Palnadu District, registered for the alleged offences under Sections 126(1), 115(2), 351(1) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that there are no specific allegations against the petitioners, and they were falsely implicated in the case. The learned counsel further submits that the offences alleged against the petitioners are 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, Narasaraopet Rural Police Station, Palnadu District, is directed to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, insofar as the petitioners are concerned, -3- CRL.P. No.2930 of 2025 for the purpose of investigation in connection with Crime No.54 of 2025. 5. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed off. 6. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the criminal petition shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH. N Dt.19.03.2025 BV