1 APHC010147092025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3443/2025 Between: Patapanchala Narendra Babu, ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. T RAMESH Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.3443 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was arraigned as accused in Crime No.71 of 2021 of Ibrahimpatnam Police Station, Vijayawada City, registered under Section 110 (E) of the Code of the Criminal Procedure, 1973. 3. The learned counsel further submits that registration of F.I.R. under Section 110 (E) of Cr.P.C. is not permissible and places reliance on the judgment of the High Court State of Telangana rendered in the matter of Reddigari Srinivas Reddy and others v. State of Telangana1, wherein the learned single Judge, while dealing with the identical issue, found fault with the registration of crime under Sections 110E, 107 and 106 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. 4. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that the Tahsildar, Ibrahimpatnam issued the proceedings M.C. No.132 of 2021 and it was valid only for six months and after six months, the proceedings would remain closed. 5. Considering the submissions and the considering the law laid down by the High Court for the State of Telangana in similar matters, Crime 12021 SCC Online TS 1728 3 No.71 of 2021 of Ibrahimpatnam Police Station, Vijayawada City, registered against the petitioner is hereby quashed and accordingly, the criminal petition is allowed. 6. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N Dt.01.04.2025 BV