APHC010168922025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] FRIDAY ,THE FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3603/2025 Between: Buragadda Nagarjuna and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. B SOMASEKHAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 CRL.P. No.3603 OF 2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.3603 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.1 to A.3 in Crime No.63 of 2025 of Bantumilli Police Station, Krishna District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 85 read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and Section 175(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 3. The learned counsel further submits that the marriage of the 1st petitioner with the 2nd respondent was solemnised on 22.12.2016. Petitioners 2 and 3 are the parents of A.1. On account of the marital disputes, petitioners 2 and 3 were falsely implicated in the present case, and they never interfered with the marital affairs of A.1 and the 2nd respondent. 4. 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. 5. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners, the Station House Officer, Bantumilli Police Station, Krishna District, is 3 CRL.P. No.3603 OF 2025 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.63 of 2025. This order would not preclude the investigation officer to file charge sheet or final report after completion of the investigation. 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.04.04.2025 BV