IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2973 OF 2025 Between: Varra Ravindra Reddy, S/o. Surya Narayana Reddy, Aged bout 37 years, Occ: Unemployed R/o. D.No.12/14, Kondareddy Palli, Agadur, Kondareddy Palli, Vemula Mandal, Y.S.R District. ...PETITIONER AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Public Prosecutor, High Court Buildings, Amaravathi. 2. L. Jilani Basha, S/o. Rasool Sab, Aged about 36 years, Occ: Unknown R/o Jammalamadugu Village and Mandal, YSR District. ...RESPONDENTS 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 call for the records in Crime No.860 of 2024 on the file of the Jammalamadugu Police Station, Jammalamadugu, YSR District. LA. 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 Petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings in Crime No. 860 of 2024 on the file of the Jammalamadugu Police Station, Jammalamadugu, YSR 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 V.R. Reddy Kovvuri, 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 ORDER: // / : APHC010137312025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] THURSDAY ,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2973/2025 Between: Varra Ravindra Reddy ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.VR REDDY KOWURI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: Contd..2P.. -2- % CRLP. No.2973 of 2025 THE HON’BLE SRUUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.2973 OF 2Q2fi ORDER: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. The petitioner was arraigned as accused in Crime No.860 of 2024of Jammalamadugu Police Station, Jammalamadugu District, registered for the alleged offences 505(2) and 509 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there specific allegations against the petitioner, and he , YSR under Sections are no was falsely implicated in the complaint. It is alleged in the complaint that the petitioner posted defamatory content on the social media platform Facebook against the political leaders. 4. The learned counsel further submits that the offences alleged against the petitioner is punishable below 7 years and therefore seeks a direction to the police to follow the procedure provided under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023. 5. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the Station House Officer, Jammalamadugu Police Station, Jammalamadugu, YSR District, is directed to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, insofar as thf I -3- CRLP. No.2973 of 2025 petitioner/accused is concerned for the purpose of investigation in connection with Crime No.860 of 2024. 6. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed off. 7. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the criminal petition shall stand closed. Sd/- K J RAJA BABU ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Station House Officer, Jammalamadugu Police Station, Jammalamadugu, YSR District. 2. One CC to SRI. V R REDDY KOWURI Advocate [OPUC] CG to Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. [OUT] 4. Three CD Copies 3. Two Chp nm T HIGH COURT \ \ DATED:20/03/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2973 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION