Contd..2P… APHC010157392025 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: 3438/2025 Between: Gubbala Lalitha Kumari and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Ap and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. V SAI KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: -2- CRL.P. No.3438 OF 2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH. N CRIMINAL PETITION No.3438 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were arraigned as A.4 to A.8 in Crime No.174 of 2024 of Nagaram Police Station, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema District, registered for the alleged offences under Sections 498-A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 3. The learned counsel further submits that the petitioners have a distant relationship with the 2nd respondent. The marriage of A.1 with the 2nd respondent was performed on 07.06.2023. It is furthersubmitted that the petitioners never stayed with the 2nd respondent and A.1. On account of certain marital disputes, the 2nd respondent filed a complaint against the petitioners. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioners 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, Nagaram Police Station, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema District,is directed to follow the procedure as contemplated -3- CRL.P. No.3438 OF 2025 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.174 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.01.04.2025 BV