Contd..2P.. APHC010156042025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] FRIDAY ,THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3337/2025 Between: Peram Leela Kanth ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SIVA RAMA KRISHNA KOLLURU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: -2- CRL.P. No.3337 of 2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.3337 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.15 of 2025 of Cherukupalli Police Station, Bapatla District, registered for the alleged offences under Sections 74 and 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that on account of civil disputes, the petitioner was arraigned as accused in the present 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 petitioner, the Station House Officer, Cherukupalli Police Station, Bapatla 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, for the purpose of investigation in connection with Crime No.15 of 2025. -3- CRL.P. No.3337 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.28.03.2025 BV