IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N |g CRIMINAL PETITION NQ^ fi896 OF 2Q2fi Between: yea/l 9 64T ®p°- Samba Siva Reddy, Aged about 42 S^°- A. Venkateshwara 521126*^ y®ars, R/o. 5-147, Bandar Road, Reddy, Aged Challapalle, Krishna - ...PETITIONER/A1& 2 AND Rep. by Public Prosecutor Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. veaf^^R/S®?1^nR R^mi Reddy Aged about 29 years, R/o. 2-206, kota street, Panchalingala village, Kurnool District. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT of BNSS praying that in the Petition, First Information Report in on the file of Kurnool Taluk Police High Court of Petition under Section 528 circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal the High Court may be pleased to quash the Crime No. 22 of 2025 dated 16.01.2025 Station, Kurnool. i-A. NO: 1 OF 20?fi Petition under Section circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds the High Court may be pleased to stay all further the FIR in Crime No. 22 of 2025 dated Taluk Police Station. 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the of Criminal Petition, proceedings pursuant to 16.01.2025 on the file of Kurnool This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and Ruthvik, Advocate for the Petitioners of the Respondent No.1 and None Appeared for the upon hearing the arguments of Sri S V and the Public Prosecutor on behalf Respondent No.2. The Court made the following ORDER; high court of ANDHRA PRADESH at ANIARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT honourable SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N rriMiitin s8»6/2025 APHC010283482025 IN THE [3457] 0;*B THE Between; ...PETITI0NER/ACCUSED(S) Edula Parameswara Reddy and Others AND ...rESPONDENT/COIVIPLA1NANT(S) Of Andhra Pradesh and The State Others Counsel for 1.SVRUTHV1K Counsel for the 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR the Petitioner/accused(S); Respondent/complainant(S); 2 The Court made the following Order: * The petitioners are arrayed as accused Nos.1 and 2 in Crime No.22 of 2025, on the file of the Kurnool Taluk Police Station, Kurnool district, for alleged offence under Sections 318(4), 351(3) read with 3(5) of BNS. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 2. 3. Though the learned counsel for the petitioners filed this petition seeking the quashing of the FIR, they have, however, restricted the relief the extent of directing the Investigating Officer to follow the to procedure prescribed under 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 objection to give such a direction. 5. The criminal petition is disposed of by directing the Station House Officer, Kurnool Taluk Police Station, Kurnool 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. 6. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand no closed. (2014) 8 see 273 Sd/- G. HELA NAIDU ASSISTANT SEeTION OFFieER TRAP //TRUE COPY// To, 1. The Station House Officer, Kurnool Taluk 2. One CC to Sri S V Ruthvik, Advocate 3. Two CC to Public Prosecutor Amaravathi. [OUT] 4. Three CD Copies Police Station, Kurnool. [OPUC] High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Chp RAM high court DATED:17/06/2025 ORDER ^HLP.No.5896 of 2025 disposing of the criminal petition