1 APHC010174032025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] WEDNESDAY ,THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3797/2025 Between: Chinthala Rohith Reddy and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. BHASKAR PREM KOUSHIK Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.3797 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 and A.2 in Crime No.37 of 2025 on the file of Chinnamandem Police Station, Annamayya District, registered for the offence under Sections 318(4) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, on the strength of the complaint of the 2nd respondent alleging that the petitioners collected Rs.4,00,000/- from the 2nd respondent under the guise of providing software job. However, the petitioners did not provide employment or return the money. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are in no way connected with the allegations made in the complaint and were falsely implicated in the 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 petitioners, the Station House Officer, Chinnamandem Police Station, Annamayya District, is directed to follow the procedure as contemplated under 3 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.37 of 2025. This order would not preclude the investigation officer to file charge sheet or final report after completion of the investigation. 5. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed of. 6. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the criminal petition shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N Dt.09.04.2025 BV