APHC010274002019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3333] TUESDAY ,THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5217/2019 Between: Dasari Rahul and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. SAI SANJAY SURANENI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 2. G RAMA GOPAL The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in Cr.No.177 of 2019, on the file of SHO, Amalapuram Town Police Station, East Godavari District. 2. When the petition came up for hearing on 15.04.2021, this Court has passed the following order: “Having regard to the facts in issue, there shall be Interim Stay of investigation in crime No.177 of 2019, Amalapuram Town Police Station, East Godavari District, for a period of four weeks.” 3. Today when the petition is taken up for hearing, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on oral instructions has informed this Court that during the course of the investigation, the accused No.2 was died and the investigation as against the accused No.1 is under process. But, till date, no charge sheet has been filed and requested time to file the same. 4. In view of the fact that the investigation in the present case was not stalled by this Court, as no charge sheet has been filed till date and during the course of the investigation, as the petitioner/accused No.2 was died, the proceedings as against the petitioner No.2 are abated. Further, the Police are directed to file a charge sheet in the present petition after completion of the investigation as against the accused No.1 and get it numbered as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three (03) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, the Police are directed not to take any coercive steps against the petitioner/accused No.1. 5. Accordingly, this criminal petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, in the Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE V.SUJATHA Date:25.02.2025 SRT 272 THE HONOURABLE SMT.JUSTICE V.SUJATHA Crl.P.No.5217 of 2019 Date: 25.02.2025 SRT