APHC010497542024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8013/2024 Between: 1. SOMAROWTU LAKSHMI GOVARDHANA, W/O. LATE SATYANARAYANA, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, VELLALURU VILLAGE, PONNUR MANDAL, NOW AT DRIVERS COLONY, 24TH WARD, BAPATLA DIST. 2. SOMAROUTHU JAYA, W/O. SIVA RAMAKRISHNAYYA @SIVA RAMKRISHNA, AGED 26 YEARS, AUMALLIPETA, VETAPALEM MANDAL, NOW AT DRIVERS COLONY, 24TH WARD, BAPATLA DIST., ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF A.P. AT AMARAVATHI. 2. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, BAPATLA TOWN, BAPATLA. 3. NAKKA RATNA KUMARI, W/O.JOSEPH AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, CHINTAVARIPALEM, VILLAGE, 24TH WARD. DRIVERS COLONY, BAPATLA TOWN. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. KANADHI BHATLA SRINIVASA MURTHY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The instant Criminal Petition under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 read with Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 has been filed, by the Petitioners / Accused Nos.2 and 3 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in S.C.No.112 of 2024 on the file of the 2 Court of IV Addtional District and Sessions Judge-cum-SC & ST Court, Guntur for the offences under Sections 354-A, 354-D and 506 IPC and Section 3 (1) (r) (s) and 3(2) (va) of SCs & STs (PoA) Amendment Act, 2015. 2. Sri K.Srinivasa Murthy, learned counsel for the Petitioners would submit that the petition may be disposed of and the presence of the Petitioners before the trial Court may be dispensed with. 3. Ms.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor is in attendance. 4. Considering the submissions made, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. The presence of the Petitioners / Accused Nos.2 and 3 before the trial Court is dispensed with, except on the specific dates as directed by the learned trial Judge. Pending applications, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:04.09.2025 Dinesh 3 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Crl.P.No.8013 of 2024 Dt.04.09.2025 Dinesh