APHC010170632025 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: 3641/2025 Between: Thomas David Medapati and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. BONU RAMA SHANKAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 CRL.P. No.3641 OF 2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.3641 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 thatthe petitioners were arraigned as A.1 and A.2 in Crime No.297 of 2024 of Bhimavaram I Town Police Station, West Godavari, registered for the offence under Section 420 read with 34 of the Indian Penal code 1860, on the strength of the complaint of the 2nd respondent. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were falsely implicated in the crime on account of civil disputes. 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 petitioners, the Station House Officer, Bhimavaram I Town Police Station, West Godavari, 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.297 of 2024. This order would not preclude 3 CRL.P. No.3641 OF 2025 the investigation officer to file charge sheet or final report after completion of the investigation. 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.04.04.2025 BV