APHC010443992025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9381/2025 Between: 1. M KRUPAKAR RAO, S/O DEVASAHAYAM, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, OCCU MUNICIPAL WARD COUNSILER, R/O DOOR N0.26-194-B3, GNANAPURAM, NEAR RAILWAY STATION,NANDYAL TOWN, NANDYAL DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF A.P., AMARAVATI. 2. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, KURNOOL III TOWN POLICE STATION KURNOOL DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SATYANARAYANA NIMMALA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9381/2025 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 Petitioner/Accused No.4, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against him in NDPS SC.No.8 of 2025 on the file of I Additional Sessions Judge, Kurnool for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii) of NDPS Act. 2. Heard Sri Satyanarayana Nimmala, learned counsel for the Petitioner/Accused No.4 and Ms. K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petition may be disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioner by dispensing the presence of the petitioner before the Trial Court. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 5. Considering the submissions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. However, the presence of the petitioner/Accused No.4 before the Trial Court is dispensed with, unless his presence is specifically directed by the Trial Court. 3 As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 10.09.2025 UPS 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9381/2025 Dated.10.09.2025 UPS 78