APHC010202792025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No: 4333/2025 Between: Thota Vinay Babu, and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. MEDAPATI SANTOSH REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING ORDER: The petitioners are arraigned as accused Nos.1 to 3 in Crime No.87 of 2025, on the file of Machavaram Police Station, N.T.R. District, for alleged offences under Sections 420 read with 34 of I.P.C. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner 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 Bihar1. 4. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor stated that he has no objection to give such a direction. 5. The criminal petition is disposed of by directing the Station House Officer, Machavaram Police Station, N.T.R. District, to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, “BNSS”) in so far as the petitioner is concerned. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ __ JUSTICE HARINATH.N, J Date: 22.04.2025 M K K 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273