IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 408 OF 2025 Between: Surisetty Sandhya, W/o. S.Tarakesh, Aged 30 years, R/o. H.No.49-35- 22/1, NGGOs Colony, Akkayyapalem, Sri. Vamsi Residency, Flat No. 101, Near Main Market, Visakhapatnam. ...Petitioner/Accused AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP at Amaravathi 2. KodeLa Satyanarayana, S/o. Appa Rao, Aged 61 years, R/o. D.No.36- 4-5/B, Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam. ...Respondent/Complainants Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings against petitioner/accused in C.C.No.1164 of 2021 on the file of I Special Magistrate, Visakhapatnam. I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings including appearance of the petitioner in C.C. No. 1164 of 2021 on the file of I Special Magistrate, Visakhapatnam. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Venkateswarlu Sanisetty, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: APHC010016582025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY .THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE 0E0 [3368] PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL PETITION N0:408/2025 Between: 1. SURISETTY SANDHYA, W/0. S.TARAKESH, AGED 30 YEARS R/0. H.NO.49-35-22/1, NGGOS COLONY, AKKAYYAPALEM. SRI VAMSI RESIDENCY, FLAT NO. 101, NEAR MAIN MARKET VISAKHAPATNAM. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF AP AT AMARAVATHI KODELA SATYANARAYANA, S/0. APPA RAO, YEARS, R/0. D.N0.36-4-5/B VISAKHAPATNAM. 2. AGED 61 KANCHARAPALEM, ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.VENKATESWARLU SANISETTY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N.CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL PETITION NO.408 OF 2025 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS 2023 to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in C.C.No.1164 of 2021 on the file of the learned I Special Magistrate, Visakhapatnam. 2. Heard Sri Venkateswarlu Sanisetty, learned counsel for the petitioner. 3. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the State takes notice for respondent No.1. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the only request of the petitioner in this case is to dispense with the presence of the petitioner before the learned I Special Magistrate, Visakhapatnam in the proceedings vide C.C.No.1164 of 2021. 5. He would further submit that the husband of the petitioner is suffering from serious ill-health, and therefore, she is failed to attend before the learned Magistrate for every adjournment. whereas the learned Magistrate insisting the presence of the petitioner for every adjournment, though she is represented by 3 the counsel, and her presence is not necessary for every adjournment. Her counsel will attend for every adjournment and the petitioner will attend as and when her presence is necessary, as directed by the learned Magistrate. Considering the facts and circumstances submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner stated above, the criminal petition can be disposed of at the stage of admission with direction, without going into the merits of the case, and dispensed with the presence of the petitioner before the learned I Special Magistrate, Visakhapatnam, in the proceedings vide C.C.No.1164 of 2021, except her presence is necessary and ordered by the learned Magistrate for her presence. However, the petitioner’s ♦ f counsel shall appear in other days of hearing of the case before the learned Magistrate. 6. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission with the above direction. As a sequel thereto, the interlocutory applications, if any pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. SD/-B PRASADA RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The I Special Magistrate, Visakhapatnam. 2. One CC to Sri. Venkateswarlu Sanisetty, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. [OUT] 4. Three C.D Copies. Ssl HIGH COURT DATED:20/01/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.408 of 2025 t 1 FEB 20?5 I ^ . Current fiecUon c? DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION