V. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5994 OF 2025 Between: S P V S N Murthy Grandhi @ S P Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Murthy Grandhi, S/o. Rama Mohan Rao Grandhi, aged about 58 years, R/o. 9-31-22, Pithapuram Colony, Maddilapalem, Visakhapatnam Urban, Visakhapatnam District. ...Petitioner/Accused AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by S.H.O, Kalyanadurgam Rural U Police Station, Anantapur District, Through Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi. 2. Seetha Rama Anjaneya Swamy Kokkonda, S/o. Venkata Subrahmanya Sharma, Age 40 years, R/o. Madhura Nagar, Srirampurarn Road, Diwancheruvu Village, Rajanagaram Mandal, East Godavari District ...Respondents/Complainant Petition under Section 528 of BNSS Act 2023, is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be Pleased to quash the criminal proceedings against the Petitioner/Accused in the Crime No. 191/2025, on the file of Bommuru Police Station, East Godavari District. V I.A. NO: 2 OF 2Q2fi Petition under Section 528 of BNSS Act 2023, is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings the Petitioner/Accused in Crime. No. 191/2025 on the file of Bommuru Police Station, East Godavari District. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri T V S Prabhakara Rao, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and none appeared for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following Order: 1 HN, J Crl.P.No.5994 2025 APHC010292902026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] J: THURSDAY,THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5994/2025 Between: s P V S N Murthy Grandhi @ S P Veera Venkata ...PETITIONER/ACCUS ED Satyanarayana Murthy Grandhi AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1 T V S PRABHAKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) 2 HN,J Crl.P.No.5994 2025 The Court made the following Order: The petitioner is arraigned as Accused in FIR No. 191 of 2025, on the file of Bommuru Police Station, East Godavari District, for the alleged offence under Sections 318(4) and 351(2) of the BNS, 2023. 1. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner filed this petition seeking the quashing of the FIR, he has, however, restricted the relief to 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^ 3. 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, Bommuru Police Station, East Godavari 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. (2014) 8 see 273 3 k HN, J Crl.P.No.5994 2025 As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. Sd/- B CHITTI JOSEPH ASSISTANT REGISTRAR ‘ A ' //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To. 1. The Station House Officer, Bommuru Police Station, East Godavari District. 2. One CC to Sri T V S Prabhakara Rao, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CC's to The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati [OUT] 4. Three CD Copies SAM VNA high court DATED: 19/06/2025 \ ORDER ORLP.No.5994 of 2025 qF AMO.ff ,/o <®f\' 2 0 JUN 2025 mj % disposing of the crlp