\4 5 COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF MAY j TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE J PRESENT 1 HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N rpiMlNAL PETITION NO: 5186 OF 2025 IN THE HIGH Between; ^ ^ 1. Mekala Narendra Babu, S/o. Mekala Venkatesullu. Age.29 Years, Occ, and Taxation Department, resident of Ward Deputy Manager, Accounts No. 17, 6th Cross, Bellary, Karnataka. i W/o. Mekala Venkatesullu, Age. 48 years, resident of 2. Mekala Bhudevi,, Ward no. 17, 6th Cross, Bellary, Karnataka. Mekala Chandrashakherappa Age.59 resident of Ward no. 17, 6th Cross, Bellary, Karnataka. 3. Mekala Venakatesulu, S/o.Late years. ...PETITIONERS/ACCUSED Nos.AI to A3 AND Of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh Velagapudi, Amaravati. 2 Nuthanapati Yagenti Eswaraih,, S/o Narasimhappa Aged 60 years, Janrdhanapalli Village. Vidapanakal Mandal Ananthapuram District. ...DEFACTP COMPLAINANT/RESPONDENTS 1. The State R/o. 482 of Cr.P.C. (U/s. 528 of BNSS) praying Memorandum of Grounds of Petition under Section the circumstances stated in the that in Criminal Petition, the High Court may in FIR.No.8 of 2025 be pleased to quash the proceedings of Vidapanakal Police Station, Ananthapuram District. -2- i.A. NO: 1 OF 2025 ^iJ|43etitibn under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the "Si. cFrcbni^tandds stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings in FIR.No.8 of 2025 of Vidapanakal Police Station, Ananthapuram District pending disposal of the Criminal Petition. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Kothapalli Aishwarya Chowdary ,Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1. The Court made the following order: APHC010246162025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] THURSDAY ,THE EIGHTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5186/2025 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) Mekala Narendra Babu and Others AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ; Counsel f<ir the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. KOTHAPALLI AISHWARYA CHOWDARY \ / Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: The petitioners are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 3 in Crime No.8 of 2025, on the file of the Vidapanakal Police Station, Anantapuram district, for alleged offences under Sections 318(4), 351(2) read with 3(5) of BNS. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned 2. Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. Though the learned counsel for the petitioners filed this petition seeking the quashing of the FIR, they have, however, restricted the relief to 3. 2 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 objection to give such a direction. The criminal petition is disposed of by directing the Station House Officer, Vidapanakal Police Station, Anantapuram 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 petitioners are concerned. i 4. no 5. 6. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petition^dJKany, shall stand \\ closed. (2014) 8 see 273 Sd/- M PRABHAKAR RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR L //TRUE COPY// dj^ fer SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Station House Officer, Vidapanakal Police Station, Ananthapuram District. 2. One CC to M/s. Kothapalli Aishwarya Chowdary Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CC's to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati [OUT] 4. Three CD Copies RDB V HIGH COURT DATED:08/05/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.5186 of 2025 CRIMINAL PETITION IS DISPOSED OF