APHC010175052025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] MONDAY ,THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3746/2025 Between: Battula Lakshmi Prasanna and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Rpadesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. KETHVATHU PARVATHI BAI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 CRL.P. No.3746 OF 2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.3746 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 & A.2 in Crime No.120 of 2025 of Tadepalli Police Station, Guntur District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 79, 351(2) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, on the strength of the complaint of the 2nd respondent. 3. It is alleged in the complaint that A.1 and the 2nd respondent are sisters. It is further alleged that their father died due to ill health. Upon coming to know the death of their father, A.1 (sister of the 2nd respondent) and her husband (A.2) quarrelled with her and abused her regarding the property issues. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioners were falsely implicated in the present crime and they never quarreled with the 2nd respondent. 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. 3 CRL.P. No.3746 OF 2025 5. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners, the Station House Officer, Tadepalli Police Station, Guntur 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.120 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 of. 7. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the criminal petition shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH. N Dt.07.04.2025 BV