CRL.P. No.4217 of 2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.4217 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners were arraigned as A.1 to A.4 in Crime No.56 of 2025 on the file of Yelamanchili Police Station, registered for the offences under Sections 223, 126(2) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, on the strength of the complaint filed by the 2nd respondent alleging that the petitioners obstructed public movement and disrupted traffic by assembling on the roadway and raising slogans. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that on account of political rivalry, the petitioners were falsely implicated in the crime. 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, Yelamanchili Police Station, West Godavari 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.56 of 2025. This order would not preclude the CRL.P. No.4217 of 2025 investigation officer for filing 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.22.04.2025 BV