B VENKATA RANGA ANJANEYULU v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
CRLP/6033/2025 · 2025-06-19
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\ I IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRnyilNAL PETITION NO- nc 2025 Between: B Venkata Ranga Anjaneyulu, S/o Venkateswarlu, Aged about 65 years, reviously Seed certificate officer on contract basis, AP State seed certificate agency. Division Office, Ongole, Prakasam District, R/o F3, Sai Towers, Raghurama Street, Moghalrajapuram, Vijayawada - 520010.
...PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.10 AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by Andhra Pradesh, High its Public Prosecutor, High court of court buildings, Amaravathi Through CBI/ACB, Floor, Kendriya sadan Sultn Bazar, Koti, Hyderabad-500005 ...RESPONDENT Petition under 528 of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court be pleased to quash the CC.No.3 Of 2022(old CC No. 23 of 2020) on the file of the court of Special Judge for CBI cases, Kurnool U/s 120-B r/w 420 468 r/w 471 of IPC against the Accused No 10 may
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I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the ^irpumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, I thp;High Court may be pleased to stay all the further proceeding and dispense with the personal appearance of the Accused No. 10 in the CC.No.3 Of 2022(old CC No. 23 of 2020) on the file of the court of Spl.Judge for CBI cases, Karnool u/s 120-B r/w 420, 468 r/w 471 of IPC and pass This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Kasi Konda Reddy Yenumula, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri P.S.P.Suresh Kumar, Special Public Prosecutor for CBI on behalf of the Respondent The Court made the following Order:
-fC APHC010286522025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6033/2025 Between: B Venkata Ranga Anjaneyulu ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:
1. KASI KONDA REDDY YENUMULA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:
1. P S P SURESH KUMAR, Spl. Public Prosecutor for OBI The Court made the following;
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ORDER:- Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel for the C.B.I.
2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was i arraigned as A. 10 in C.C. No.3 of 2022 on the file of the Special Judge for C.B.I, cases, Kurnool, for the alleged offences under Sections 120-B r/w Sections 420, 468 r/w 471 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as 'I.P.C.'). The learned counsel further submits that the case was transferred to the Special Judge for C.B.I. cases, Kurnool and that the petitioner has filed a discharge petition, which has been pending for the past one year. The learned counsel also submits that the petitioner is not involved in the commission of the alleged offences under Sections 120-B r/w Sections 420, 468 r/w 471 of the I.P.C. When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned standing counsel for C.B.I. submitted that the petitioner had already filed CrI.P. No.4910 of 2022 before this Court, seeking to quash the case under Section 13(2) r/w Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 120-B r/w Sections 420, 468 r/w 471 of I.P.C. This Court, vide order dated 16.08.2022, partly allowed the criminal petition, holding that the petitioner is not an employee of the State and is considered as a private person. Consequently, this Court
directed that proceedings before the Special Judge for C.B.I. cases continue
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N only for the I.P.C. sections and discharged the petitioner under Sections 13(2) r/w Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. 1988. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a 65 years old person and has to travel for Kurnool on every date of hearing.
5. Considering the same, there shall be stay of appearance of the petitioner subject to filing an undertaking before the learned Special Judge for Kurnool, to appear before the Court as and when required and
directed for the purpose of trial in connection with C.C. No.3 of 2022.
4. C.B.l. cases. With the said observation, the criminal petition is disposed off.
6. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall ^nd closed.
Sd/- A VIJAYA BABU ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To,
1. The Special Judge for CBI cases, Kurnool, Kurnool District
2. One CC to Sri Kasi Konda Reddy Yenumula, Advocate [OPUC]
3. One CC to Sri P.S.P Suresh Kumar, Special Public Prosecutor for CBI, Advocate [OPUC]
4. Three CD Copies MV vna
/ HIGH COURT DATED: 20/06/2025
ORDER CRLP.No.6033 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION