1 APHC010153822021 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: 2439/2021 Between: 1. SABBAVARAPU TATA RAO, S/O APPALASWAMY AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS, RESIDING AT RAMALAYAM STREET, NADKUDURU VILLAGE, KARAPA MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. STATE OF AP, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF A.P., AT AMARAVATHI. 2. KATTA SATYAVENI, W/O SURYANARAYANA AGE 26 YEARS, JUNIOR ASSISTANT I/C PANCAYAT SECRETARY, NANDAKURU GRAM PANCHAYAT NANDAKURU VILLAGE, KARAPA MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI 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 to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.135/2020 on the file of the court of the Special Judicial First Class Magistrate for Prohibition and Excise. Kakinada, East Godavari district 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 to grant stay of all further proceeding including appearance of the petitioner in connection with C.C.No.135/2020 on the file of 2 the court of Special Judicial First Class Magistrate for Prohibition and Excise, Kakinada, East Godavari district Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. G V S MEHAR KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2439/2021 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.7, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against him in C.C.No.135 of 2020 on the file of Special Judicial Magistrate fro Prohibition and Excise, Kakinada, East Godavari District for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 353 r/w 34 of IPC. 2. Heard Sri G.V.S.Meher Kumar, learned counsel for the Petitioner/Accused No.7 and Ms.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petition may be disposed of, without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioner. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 5. Considering the submissions made, the Criminal Petition is disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioner. However, the petitioner is at liberty to raise all the contentions before the Trial Court since trial has commenced. 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: 2439/2021 Dated.23.07.2025 UPS 105