APHC010298502025 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: 6117/2025 Between: Nannapaneni Veeraiah Chowdary and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Prdesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. HARINADH NIDAMANURI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER:- Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are arraigned as accused Nos.1 and 2 in Crime No.90 of 2025 on the file of Ponnuru Rural Police Station, Guntur District, for the alleged offences under Sections 308(2), 351(2) r/w 3(5) of BNS. It is submitted that after registration of the crime, the de-facto complainant has committed suicide and the provision of law is now altered to Section 108 of BNS. It is also submitted that the alleged incident took place on 09.01.2025, however, the FIR was registered on 08.01.2025. It is alleged that the petitioners have taken away the tractor and trailer belonging to the petitioners, as the 2nd respondent failed to repay the hand loan extended by the petitioners. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners placed reliance on the judgment in the case of Mahendra Awase vs. State of Madhya Pradesh1. However, the said judgment cannot be made applicable to the present case, as the facts are entirely different and the issue dealt with by the Hon’ble Supreme Court arose after filing of the charge sheet. In the present case, the police are yet to complete the investigation and file the charge sheet, and therefore, it would be premature for this Court to interfere with the investigation. 4. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is dismissed. 1 (2025) 4 SCC 801 As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N 20.06.2025 PNS