IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5368 OF 2020 Between: Mikili Joshua Daniel, S/o Devadanam, Aged about 37 years, R/o Door.No 2-3- 26, Kunkalagtmta, Nakarikal Mande, Guntur, Guntur District ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. The State, Station House Officer, Nagarampalem P.S., Through Public Prosecutor, High Court Of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. 2. Tadikonda Nathaniel, S/o Raja Rathnam, R/o.Dr.No. 27-7-8B, 3rd lane, Kannavarithota, Guntur, Guntur District ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANTS Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the FIR No. 334 of 2017 of Nagarampalem P.S. against the petitioner/Accused No.1 I.A. No: 2 OF 2020 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition the High Court may be pleased to stay all proceedings against the petitioner in connection with FIR No. 334 of 2017 of Nagarampalem P.S.. including arrest of the petitioner/Accused No.1 This Petition coming on for hearing upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Venkata Durga Rao Anantha ,Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public A / Prosecutor (AP) on behalf of the RespondenT No.1 and of Sri.J Jayanand Advocate for the Respondent No.2 Thp pourt made the following order: *■ .r ■'4 APHC010331392020 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3333] TUESDAY ,THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5368/2020 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED Mikili Joshua Daniel AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT{S) The State and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1 .VENKATA DURGA RAO ANANTHA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1.J JAYANAND 2.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following; 2 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code (for short “Cr.P.C.”) to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in Crime No.334 of 2017 on the file of Nagarampalem Police Station, Guntur Urban, Guntur District registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 468, 471 r/w 34 IPC. 2. Today, when the matter came up for hearing, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor stated that the investigation is still pending and the charge sheet is yet to be filed. 3. As the matter pertains to the 2017 and in view of the fact that there is no stay of investigation, instead of keeping the present petition pending, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of the criminal petition to complete the investigation in the present crime, and filed a charge sheet before the appropriate Court having jurisdiction. The said process shall be completed within a period of three (03) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time the respondent-police is directed to not to take any coercive steps petitioner/accused. as against the 3 With the above direction, the Criminal Petition is disposed 4. of. Miscellaneous applications pending, if any, in this petition. shall stand closed. Sd/- P.U.V. BHASKAR RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SEdrror N OFFICER To, 1. The State, Station House Officer, Nagarampalem Police Station Guntur District 2. One CC to Sri Venkata Durga Rao Anantha, Advocate [OPUC] 3. One CC to M/s. J. Jayanand, Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CC s to The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 5. Three CD Copies, mkp HIGH COURT DATED :11/02/2025 ORDER S’” OS AM 2W5 s Current Section CRLP.No.5368 of 2020 DISPOSING THE CRLP