APHC010342082025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] THURSDAY,THE TENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7081/2025 Between: 1. NAGI VENKATESWARLU, S/O NAGI POLAYYA, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, R/O. H.NO. 25-396G, PRIYANKA NAGAR, NANDYAL TOWN AND MANDAL NANDYAL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, NANDYAL II TOWN POLICE STATION, NANDYAL DISTRICT REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF AP, AT AMARAVATHI 2. P NIRANJAN REDDY, S/O LATE VENKATA RANGA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS. MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER, NANDYAL MUNICIPALITY, NANDYAL TOWN AND DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. ANUP KOUSHIK KARAVADI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 ORDER:- The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is facing allegations for the offences under Sections 126(2), 132, 351(2) r/w 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 2. It is submitted that the police have issued a notice under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. It is apprehended that the police may take coercive steps against the petitioners under the guise of investigation. 3. Considering the submissions, the Criminal Petition is disposed off, directing the Investigating Officer, Nandyal II Town Police Station, Nandyal District to complete the investigation, which is in accordance with the provisions of Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed off. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N Dt: 10.07.2025 SR