APHC010604062024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3368] THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9798/2024 Between: 1. STATE BANK OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY ITS REGIONAL MANAGER, SRIKAKULAM, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, at Amaravathi. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. K B RAMANNA DORA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N.CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL PETITION NO.9798 OF 2024 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. to direct the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class-cum-Mobile Magistrate at Srikakulam, to dispose of the Crl.M.P.No.420 of 2024 connected with Cr.No.256/2023 of Gara Police Station, Srikakulam District. 2. Heard Sri K.B.Ramanna Dora, 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 petitioner/Bank filed Crl.M.P.No.420 of 2024 before the learned Magistrate for return of property, for interim custody under Section 457 of Cr.P.C. in the month of November, 2024. The only request of the petitioner is to direct the learned Magistrate to dispose of the application as per law, as expeditiously as possible. 3 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the criminal petition is disposed of at the stage of admission without going into the merits of the case, by directing the learned Magistrate to dispose of the Crl.M.P.No.420 of 2024 filed by the petitioner, connected with Crime No.256 of 2023 of Gara Police Station, Srikakulam District, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of two (02) weeks from the date of receipt of copy of the order. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. As a sequel thereto, the interlocutory applications, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ______________________________ JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI 02.01.2025 Pmk 4 01 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL PETITION NO:9798 of 2024 Date: 02.01.2025 Pmk