IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI THURSDAY ,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4071 OF 2025 Between: 1. Gunnatn Anil Kumar, S/o. Hanumantharao, Aged 47 years, Occ. Nil, R/o. D No. 25-23-182, 5th lane, KVP Colony, Guntur City, Guntur District 2. Gunnam Hanumantha Rao, S/o. Mastan Rao Aged 66 years, Occ. Farmar, R/o. D No. 25-23-182, 5th lane, KVP Colony, Guntur City, Guntur District 3. Gunnam Anuradha, W/o. Hanumantha Rao Aged 55 years, Occ. Housewife, R/o. D No. 25-23-182, 5th lane, KVP Colony, Guntur City, Guntur District 4. Gunnam Harish Babu, S/o. Hanumantha Rao Aged 34 years, Occ. Business, R/o. D No. 25-23-182, 5th lane, KVP Colony, Guntur City, Guntur District 5. Gunnam Swetha, W/o. Harish Babu aged 29 years, Occ. House wife, R/o. D No. 25-23-182, 5th lane, KVP Colony, Guntur City, Guntur District 6. Dasari Krishna,, S/o. Venkateswarlu Aged 59 years, Occ. Agriculture R/o. D No. 3-122B, Phirangipuram (V & M) Guntur District ...Petitioner/Accused AND > 1. Melimi Anusha Rani, W/o. Gunnam Anil Kumar R/o. Krosuru Village and Mandal Palnadu District 2. the State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh SHO, PS Krosuru, Palnadu District ...Respondent Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash all further proceedings in Cr. No. 52 of 2025 on the file of Krosuru police station, Palnadu District. I.A. NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings including arrest of petitioners in Cr. No. 52 of 205 on the file of Krosuru police station during pendency of above Criminal Petition. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Neelam Sankara Rao, Advocate for the Petitioners and the Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.2 The Court made the following: 1 HN, J Crl.P.No.4071_2025 O APHC010191662025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY ,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N r.RIMINAL PETITION NO: 4071/2025 [3457] Between; ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) Gunnam Anil Kumar and Others AND ...RESPONDENT/COIVlPLAINANT(S) Melimi Anusha Rani and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1.NEELAM SANKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2. 2 HIM, J Crl.P,No.4071_2025 O The Court made the following Order: The petitioners are arraigned as an Accused, in Crime No.52 of 2025 the file of Krosuru Police Station, Palnadu District, for the alleged offence under Sections 85 read with 3(5) BNS and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 1. , on 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Though the learned counsel for the petitioners filed this petition seeking the quashing of the FIR, they have, however, restricted the relief to the extent of directing the Investigating Officer to follow the procedure prescribed under Section 35(3) of the BNSS, and the guidelines prescribed by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar\ The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor stated that he has no objectionto give such a direction. 3. 4. 5. The Criminal Petition is disposed off by directing the Station House Officer Krosuru Police Station, Palnadu District, to follow the procedure contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS ) insofar as the petitioners are concerned. as As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, sjj^l stand closed. SD/- B. PRASADA RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Station House Officer, Krosuru Police Station, Palnadu District 2. One CC to Sri. Neelam Sankara Rao Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi [OUT] 4. Two CD Copies HIGH COURT DATED: 17/04/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.4071 of 2025 ^ ? MFR 20?5 Current Seoiioti: . I -4/ ic DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION