Contd..2P.. APHC010138052025 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: 2994/2025 Between: Katamaneni Venkateswarlu and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. VENKATA LAKSHMINARASIMHA RAO RAYAPATI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: -2- CRL.P. No.2994 of 2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.2994 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. The petitioners were arraigned as A.2 to A.4 in Crime No.275 of 2024 of Machavaram Police Station, Vijayawada City, NTR District, registered for the alleged offences under Sections 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the 1st petitioner is the father, the 2nd petitioner is the sister of A.1, and the 3rd petitioner is the husband of the 2nd petitioner. It is further submitted that on account of certain marital disputes between A.1 and the 2nd respondent, the petitioners were arraigned as accused in the case. 4. The learned counsel further submits that there are no specific allegations against the petitioners, and they were falsely implicated in the complaint. The learned counsel submits that the offences alleged against the petitioner 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. 5. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners, the Station House Officer, Machavaram Police Station, Vijayawada City, NTR District, is directed to follow the procedure as contemplated under -3- CRL.P. No.2994 of 2025 Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, insofar as the petitioners/A.2 to A.4 are concerned, for the purpose of investigation in connection with Crime No.275 of 2024,. 6. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed off. 7. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the criminal petition shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH. N Dt.20.03.2025 BV