IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5179 OF 2025 Between: Ravipudi Tirumalarao @ Tirumala Vasu, S/o Late Ravipudi Chiranjeevi, Aged about 36 years, R/o H.No. 3-21, Sattenapalli Mandal Lakkarajugarlapadu, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh,522403. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.2 AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amravati. Through of Phirangipuram PS, Guntur District. 2. Mohan Reddy Chevuri, S/oNagendra Reddy, Aged about 55 years, R/o. 113-thallur Village, Phirangipuram Mandal, Guntur District. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANTS Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to call for the records in Crime No. 68/2025 on the file of Phirangipuram PS, Guntur District, and quash the same. I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, 0 the High Court may be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings in Crime No.68/2025 on the file of Phirangipuram PS, Guntur District, pending disposal of the main criminal petition. 4; This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Thoka Qeva_ Deepak Anirudh Yadav, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1. The Court made the following: ORDER 1 HNJ Crl.P.No.5179 2025 APHC010246702025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] WEDNESDAY ,THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5179/2025 Between: Ravipudi Tirumalarao ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1 .THOKA DEVA DEEPAK ANIRUDH YADAV Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR li 2 HN,J Crl.P.No.5179 2025 The Court made the following Order: The petitioner is arraigned as an Accused, in Crime No.68 of 2025, on the file of Phirangipuram Police Station, Guntur District, for the alleged offence under Sections 318(4) read with Section 3(5) of the BNS. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant 1. 2. Public Prosecutor. 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 3. Section 35(3) of the BNSS, and the guidelines prescribed by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar\ 4. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor stated that he has no objection to give such a direction. 5. The Criminal Petition is disposed off by directing the Station House Officer Phirangipuram Police Station, Guntur District, to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, "BNSS”) insofar as the petitioner is concerned. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ^ (2014) 8 see 273 Sd/- N. NAGAMMA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR 1 //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Station House Officer, Phirangipuram Police Station, Guntur District. 2. One CC to Sri Thoka Deva Deepak Anirudh Yadav, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CC’s to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. at Amaravati[OUT] 4 Tffse CO HIGH COURT DATED:07/05/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.5179 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION