1 APHC010150822021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2377/2021 Between: 1. GANDLA SRINIVASULU @ DAN SRINU,, S/O RAMANJANEYULU, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, R/O TELUGU PETA, BANGANPALLI TOWN, KURNOOL DISTRICT, ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATHI. 2. THE SUBINSPECTOR OF POLICE, MAHANANDI POLICE STATION, MAHANANDI MANDAL, KURNOOL DISTRICT.. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to allow the criminal petition and quash the proceedings against the petitioner/A3 in Crime No.28 of 2021 of Mahanandi Police Station, Kurnool District and to pass IA NO: 1 OF 2021 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased please to dispense with filing certified copy of F.I.R in Cr.No. 28 of 2021 of Mahanandhi P.S., Kurnool District and pass 2 IA NO: 2 OF 2021 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 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 all further proceedings including arrest of the petitioners in Crime No.28 of 2021 , on the file of the Mahanandi Police Station, Kurnool District, pending disposal of the criminal petition and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. INENI VENKATA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2377/2021 ORDER: The instant criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C)/under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the Petitioner/Accused No.3, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against him in Crime No.28 of 2021 of Mahanandi Police Station, Kurnool District, registered for the offences punishable under Section 7(1) of Essential Commodities Act. 2. Heard Sri Ineni Venkata Prasad, learned counsel for the Petitioner/Accused No.3 and Ms.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the investigation is completed and charge sheet is filed in this matter. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that recording the same, the petition may be disposed of, without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioner. 5. Considering the submissions made, the Criminal Petition is disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioner. 4 As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 23.07.2025 UPS 5 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2377/2021 Dated.23.07.2025 UPS 103