IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6093 OF 2025 Between: Allu Ravichandra, S/o Ravi Chandra, Ex-Senior Sales Manager, Regency Natural Tiles, R/o H. No. 9-2-27/6, Anurag Buildings, Pitapuram Colony, Maddelapalem, Visakhapatnam, AP. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, at Amaravathi. 2. G.V. Ravi Raja, Manager Admin and HR, Regency Ceramics Ltd., Vemavaram, Bapatia District. (Defacto Complainant) ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 528 of BNSS 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 entire petitioner in Crime No: 39 of 2025 Station, Bapatia, Guntur District. proceedings against the on the file of the Ballikuruva Police I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS 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 in Crime No: 39 of 2025 on the file of the Ballikuruva Police Station, Bapatia District. Guntur This Petition coming on for hearing upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Sarat Babu Pulipati Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor behalf of Respondent No.1, on The Court made the following order: APHC010292732025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHFJA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) 050 ":.'TOr 0K^ [3457] FRIDAY ,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6093/2025 Between: Allu Ravichandra ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.SARAT BABU PULIPATI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 The Court made the following Order: The petitioner is arrayed as accused in Crime No.39 of 2025. on the file of the Ballikurava Police Station, Bapatia district for alleged offences under Sections 316(4), 318(3) of BNS. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. Though the learned counsel for the potitioner and the learned 3. petitioner filed this petition seeking the quashing of the FIR, he has, however, restricted the relief to the extent of directing the Investigating Officer under Section 35(3) of the BNSS, to follow the procedure prescribed and the guidelines prescribed by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar^ 4. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor objection to give such a direction. stated that he has no 5. The criminal petition is disposed of by directing Officer, Ballikurava Police Station, the Station House Bapatia district, to follow the procedure contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha 2023 (for short, "BNSS”) in so far as the petitioner is concerned. as Sanhita, 6. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. T (2014) 8 see 273 Sd/- B. eHITTI JOSEPH ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY/I SEC OFFieER To, 1. The Station House Officer Ballikuruva Police Station, Bapatia, Guntur District. 2. One CC to Sri Sarat Babu Pulipati, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCS to The Public Prosecutor. High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUTl 4. Two CD Copies ^ ■Pk A A 4- HIGH COURT DATED :20/06/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.6093 of 2025 disposing the crlp