APHC010602012025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11870/2025 Between: 1. MAHANKALI ARCHANA PRIYA, W/O. KRISHNA CHAITANYA, HINDU, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARSR/O. D.NO. 23-12-2/1, ABBURI VARI STREET,SATYANARAYANAPURAM, VIJAYAWADA - 520011,NTR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP.BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT BUILDINGS, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. SISTLA NAVEEN KUMAR, , S/O LATE RAMAKRISHNA SARMA,HINDU, AGED 36 YEARS, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR,RESIDING AT PRASADAMPADU VILLAGE,VIJAYAWADA RURAL, NTR DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. P B REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court Made the Following Order: The instant Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of the BNSS, by the Petitioner herein, to quash the proceedings against her in C.C.No.74 of 2024 on the file of the learned II Special Magistrate, Vijayawada. 2. Heard Ms.C.S.Hema, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State. 2 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petition may be disposed of dispensing with the presence of the petitioner before the trial Court and the petition may be disposed of. 4. As seen from the contentions raised in the present petition, which are in the nature of a defence, this Court cannot quash the case on the basis of the petitioner’s defence in C.C. No. 74 of 2024. 5. In that view, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. However, whenever the petitioner is unable to appear before the trial Court, she can make such request through her counsel to condone her absence without causing any disturbance to the trial. Pending applications, if any, shall stands closed. __________________________________________ Dr. VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date: 17.11.2025 Asr 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Crl.P.No.11870 of 2025 Dt.17.11.2025 Asr