IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 287? QF 2025 AMARAVATI Between: Sudini Venkat Reddy, S/o Sudini Ram Madgul, Mahabubnagar District, T.S. Reddy, Aged about 55 years, r/o ...Petitioner/Accused AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh Station, Tirupati District Amaravati. 2. Rapuru Venkata Prasad, S/o Venkaiah Tahsildar Gudur, Tirupati District. through S.H.O., Gudur i Town Poiice rep. By Public Prosecutor, High Court, Aged 46 years, Occ: Deputy ■■•Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 528 of BNSS 2023, praying that in the crrcunrstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal the High Court may be pleased of, 2024 of Gudur I Town Police proceedings thereon. Petition, No. 128 and quash the to call for the records relating to FIR - Station, Tirupati District I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 / Petition under Section 528 of BNSS 2023, 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 the arrest of the petitioner herein in FIR No. 128 of 2024 of Gudur I Town Police Station, Tirupati District, pending disposal of the Criminal Petition. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri N.Ravi, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and none appeared for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following: 1 Crl.P.No.2872 of 2025 APHC010130842025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) / [3457] TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO:2872/2025 Between: . Sudini Venkat Reddy ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.N.RAVI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) 2 Crl.P.No.2872 of 2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N 1 r CRIMINAL PETITION N0.2872 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. The petitioner is arraigned as Accused No.3 in Crime No. 128 of 2024 on the file of the Gudur I Town Police Station, Tirupati District, for the alleged offences under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c) read with Section 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is falsely implicated in this case and that he was implicated basing on the confession of Accused No.1. It is submitted that the petitioner could not have been arraigned as accused on the confessional statement of the co-accused. It is also submitted that no material was seized from the accused and as such the case registered against the petitioner ought to be quashed. 3. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that the investigation is in preliminary stage and that involvement of the petitioner or otherwise would be ascertained by the police after completing the investigation. It is also submitted that in cases of this nature there may not be direct evidence available to link the accused with the crime. However, during the course of investigation, the police would have to establish the nexus by conducting a thorough investigation, interference by this court in the crime stage would hamper the investigation of the police. I 3 \ Crl.P.No.2872 of 2025 4. Heard the submissions of the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 5. Considering the submissions, this court is not inclined to interfere at the stage of investigation. Police would have to be given a free hand for completing investigation. Without opining on the merits of the case, it is left open for the police to complete investigation in accordance with law. 6. Accordingly, criminal petition is dismissed. 7. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed. Sd/- K.J.RAJA BABU ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To. . The Station House Officer, Gudur I Town Police Station, District., 2. One CClb Sri N.Ravi Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CC's to The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Amaravati [OUT] 4. Two CD Copies 1 Tirupathi Pradesh at SAM RAM \ HIGH COURT DATED:18/03/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2872 of 2025 DISMISSING THE CRLP