IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4674 OF 2025 Between: Vennapusa Prabhakar Reddy, S/o V. Penchal Reddy, Aged about 47 years, R/o Nemoor, Chejerla Mandal, Kollapanayunalpalli, SPSR Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh. ...Petitioner/Sole Accused AND 1. The State Of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...Respondent No.1 2. Nelakonda Vijaya Lakshmi, D/o (Late) T. Nageswara Rao, Aged about 53 years, l/c MPDO, Chejerla Mandal, SPSR Nellore District. ...Respondent/Complainant 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 Crime No. 37 of 2025 dated 07.04.2025 on the file of Chejerla P.S., SPSR Nellore District. I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 ,'4 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circurhstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings in Cr No 37 of 2025 dated 07/04/2025 on the file of Chejerla P.S., SPSR Nellore District. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Singamsetty V.M. Sankar, Advocate, for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No. 1; The Court made the following: »• 1 HNJ Cri.P.No.4674 2025 APHC010217432025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] TUESDAY JHE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4674/2025 Between: Vennapusa Prabhakar Reddy ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.SINGAMSETTY V.M. SANKAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HNJ Crl.P.No.4674 2025 ' The Court made the following Order: The petitioner is arraigned as sole Accused, in Crime No.37 of 2025 the file of Chejerla Police Station, SPSR Nellore District, for the alleged under Sections 447, 427, 188 of the IPC and Section 3 of the Prevention Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, (For shore, “PDPPA”). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 1. . on offence of 3. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner filed this petition seeking the quashing of the FIR, they have, however, restricted the relief directing the Investigating Officer to follow the to the extent of procedure prescribed under Section 35(3) of the BNSS, and the guidelines prescribed by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar\ 4. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor stated that he has no objection to give such a direction. 5. The Criminal Petition is disposed off by directing the Station House Officer, Chejerla Police Station, SPSR Nellore District to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, “BNSS”) insofar as the petitioner is concerned. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. T (2014) 8 see 273 Sd/- A VENUGOPALA RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPYII SEGffe^FFIGER To. 1. The Station House Officer, Chejerla P.S., SPSR Nellore District. 2. Nelakonda Vijaya Lakshmi, D/o (Late) T Nageswara Rao, Aged about 53 years, l/c MPDO, Chejerla Mandal, SPSR Nellore District. One CC to Sri Singamsetty V.M. Sankar, Advocate [OPUC] Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] Three CD Copies 3. 4. 5. SRm sree HIGH COURT DATED:29/04/2025 ■'■nx ORDER CRLP.No.4674 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION