APHC010476292025 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: 9418/2025 Between: 1. BHIKARI CHARAN LENKA, S/O LATE PANCHANAN LENKA, AGED 54 YEARS, (WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR, MILAN AND MILAN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED), AT/POST RUDHRAPUR, DISTRICT JAJPUR, ODISHA STATE. 2. .JAGDISH SARANGI, S/O HRUSIKESH SARANGI, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, OCC DIRECTOR, NILAKANTHA NAGAR BALITOTA SAHI, NAYAPALLI, BHUBANESWAR, ODISHA STATE, DIRECTOR, MILAN AND MIL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THROUGH, SHO PONDURU PS, AP HIGH COURT PREMISES, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT 2. KOVVURU SURESH KUMAR, W/O LATE SRIRAMULU AGED ABOUT 41YEARS, OCCAGRICULTURE, R/O UDAYAPURAM VILLAGE, PALASA MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, AP. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. TOTA TEJESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 2 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9418/2025 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 Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 & 4, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against them in C.C.No.6 of 2018 on the file of Principal District and Sessions Judge, Srikakulam District for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 420, 120-B of IPC, Section 5 of APPEFE Act. 2. Heard Sri Tota Tejeswara Rao, learned counsel for the Petitioners/Accused Nos. 3 & 4 and Ms. K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would 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. 5. Considering the submissions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. However, the presence of the petitioners/Accused Nos.3 & 4 before the Trial Court is dispensed with, unless their presence is specifically directed by the 4 Trial Court. However, the learned Trial Judge is requested to dispose of the C.C.No.6 of 2018 as expeditiously as possible without granting any adjournments in a casual way by mere asking. However, the petitioners are at liberty to raise all their contentions before the Trial Court in their defence. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 10.09.2025 UPS 5 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9418/2025 Dated.10.09.2025 UPS 80