IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI WEDNESDAY ,THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4835 OF 2025 Between: Mannem Lakshmi, bW/o Ramu, Aged about 41 years, R/o 1-1-17/3, Ghantasala Vari Street, VeduH^ Village, Bapatia Mandal Bapatia District •fvir ...PETITI0NER/ACCUSED.N0.2 AND i.-. t 1. The State Of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by S.H.O. The Proh Excise PS, Bapatia, Through Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh At Amaravati 2. Smt. P Geethika, P E Inspector Proh Excise PS Bapatia Bapatia District ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to quash the proceedings in FIR.No. 61 of 2025 of The Proh & Excise PS, Blapatla, dated 10-04- 2025, against the Petitioner/Accused No. 2. I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Cf -..X' AP: ■ - v>i % Petition,the High Court may be pl^ksed to stay all further proceedings against the Petitioner/Accused No. 2 in FIR. No. 61 of 2025 of The Proh & Excise PS, Bapatia, dated I including arrest of the accused No. 3 and 4. ' “ This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri S V Bharatha Lakshmi ,Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondents. The Court made the following: ORDER t '?■: ■■ ' hr hi I. ’■f;'tar. r" 'rj .h i - f ^ I ■ i -■ ( • ' . ^ • t APHC010226822025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] a r:-’- WEDNESDAY ,THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N nRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4835/2025 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED Mannem Lakshmi AND ...RESP0NDENT/C0MPLAINANT(S) The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1 .S V BHARATHA LAKSHMI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): I 1. The Court made the following Order: The petitioner is arrayed as accused No.2 in Crime No.61 of 2025, on Police Station, Bapatla, for alleged the file of the Prohibition and Excise under Section 7(A) read with 8(e) of A.P. Prohibition Act, 1995. learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned offence 2. Heard the Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State, the learned counsel for the petitioner filed this petition of the FIR, she has, however, restricted the relief to the 3. Though seeking the quashing — !> 2 extent of directing the Investigating Officer to follow under Section 35(3) of the BNSS Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar\ 4. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor objection to give such a direction. the procedure prescribed and the guidelines prescribed by the Apex stated that he has no 5. The criminal petition is disposed of by directing Officer, the Prohibition and the Station House Excise Police Station, Bapatia 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik BNSS”) in so far as the petitioner is to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short. concerned. 6. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand Sd/- K SRINIVASA RAJU assistant registrar //TRUE COPY// SECTI To. FICER 1. TheSHO, Prohibition and Exise Police Station, Bapatia. ^a°d“h®[OUU Court of Andhra 3. OneCCto SRI. S V BHARATHA LAKSHMI 4. Three CD Copies Advocate [OPUC] AL ^ -t- a HIGH COURT DATED:30/04/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.4835 of 2025 a 2 2JUL 2025 )% JTontSg^^^ Co £AI disposing the crlp without costs ^lJ ■ '