APHC010421012024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY,THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6813/2024 Between: 1. DONGA DURGA SRINIVAS,, S/O LATE SURYA NARAYANA, AGED 36 YEARS, R/O.D.NO.8-59/1, GOWTHAM NAGAR, DILSHUKNAGAR, K.V. RANGA REDDY, TELANGANA STATE. 2. DONGA DEEPIKA @ DEEPTHI,, W/O DURGA SRINIVAS, AGED 36 YEARS, R/O.D.NO.8-59/1, GOWTHAM NAGAR, DILSHUKNAGAR, K.V. RANGA REDDY, TELANGANA STATE ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. MAJJI DURGA, W/O. YESU, AGED ABOUT 44, R/O.NTR COLONY, 23RD WARD, NARASAPURAM TOWN, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Courtmay be pleased to call for the records in and relates to C.C. No.395/2022 on the file of the Court of the 1 Additional Junior Civil Judge, -cum - I Addl, Judl, first class Magistrate, Narasapuram, West Godavari District and QUASH the same in so far as Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 3 are concerned IA NO: 1 OF 2024 2 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition,the High Court may be pleased may be pleased to dispense with filing of the original certified C.C. No.395/2022 on the file of the Court of the I Additional Junior Civil Judge, -cum - I Addl, Judl, first class Magistrate, Narasapuram, West Godavari District before this Hon'ble Court IA NO: 2 OF 2024 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition,the High Court may be pleased may be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings including the appearance of the Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 3 in C.C. No.395/2022 on the file of the Court of the I Additional Junior Civil Judge, - cum - I Addl, Judl, first class Magistrate, Narasapuram, West Godavari District till the disposal of main Criminal Petition Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. UDAY KUMAR VAMPUGADAVALA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6813 OF 2024 ORDER: The instant criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C)/under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 3, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against them in C.C. No. 395 of 2022 on the file of learned I Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-I Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Narasapuram, West Godavari District, for the offences punishable under Sections 417, 420 r/w 34 I.P.C and Sections 3, 4 and 76 of Chit Fund Act. 2. Heard Sri V.Uday Kumar, learned counsel for the Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 3 and Ms. K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would further submit that the petition may be disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioners by dispensing the presence of the petitioners before the Trial Court. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 4 5. Considering the submissions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. However, the presence of the petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 3 before the Trial Court is dispensed with, unless their presence is specifically directed by the Trial Court. However, petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 3 are at liberty to raise all the contentions before the Trial Court in the defence. The learned Trial Judge may consider them and take appropriate decision over the matter at appropriate time. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 22.09.2025 SNI 5 48 THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Criminal Petition No.6813 of 2024 Date: 22.09.2025 SNI