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2025 DAILYLAW 44232 (AP)

MEKA NARAPA REDDY v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

CRLP/4516/2025 · 2025-04-29

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t APHC010213792025 0^0 0^ IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N I.A No.3 of 2025 IN CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4516 OF 2025 Between: The State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. at Amaravati. ...Petitioner/1 Respondent/Complainant AND 1. Meka Narapa Reddy, S/o.Bayya Reddy, aged 62 years, R/o.D.No.1-99, Akulavaripalli Main Road, Chinaganipalle, Sri Sathya Sai District. Meka Hanumantha Reddy, S/o.Narapa Reddy, aged 40 years, R/o.D.No.1-99, Akulavaripalli Main Road, Cinaganipalle, Sri Sathya Sai District. Meka Sudhakar Reddy, S/o.Meka Shankar Reddy, aged about 47 years, R/o.D.No.2-3, Akulavaripalli Main Road, Cinaganipalle, Sri Sathya Sai District. P.Narendra Reddy, S/o.P.Jayarami Reddy, aged 23 years, R/o.D.No.6- 96, Akulavaripalli Main Road, Cinaganipalle, Sri Sathya Sai District. 2. 3. 4. ...Respondents/Petitioners/AI to A4 5. Meka Muthi Reddy, S/o.Late Gangi Reddy, aged 60 years R/o.Akulavaripalli Village, Amadagaru, Sri Sathya Sai District. ...Respondent/2"'’ Respondent/Defacto Complainant Petition filed under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to post the Crl.P.No.4516 of 2025 under the caption “For being mentioned”. Counsel for the Petitioner: Public Prosecutor Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4:Sri Ramakrishna Akurathi Counsel for the Respondent No.5:- The Court made the following: ORDER: 1. The prosecution has filed I.A. No.3 of 2025 in Crl.P.No.4516 of 2025, whereby it is brought to the notice of the Court that the provision of law in Crime No.20 of 2025 of Amadagaru Police Station, Sri Sathya Sai District, has been altered from Section 118(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 to Section 118(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, by virtue of an alteration memo dated 19.04.2025. 2. It is submitted that there are three different wound certificates. However, when the above criminal petition was disposed of, only one wound certificate, indicating simple injuries, was placed before the Court. It is further submitted that there are two other wound certificates pertaining to two other victims and the injuries recorded therein are of a grievous nature. The earlier disposal of the criminal petition was, therefore, based solely on the wound certificate reflecting only simple injury. 3. The learned counsel for respondents No.2 to 4 in I.A. No.3 of 2025 submits that, considering the civil disputes between the respondents, this Court had disposed of the criminal petition with a direction to the station House Officer to compJete the investigation without taking coercive steps. 4. Be that as it may, the provision of Jaw stands altered by virtue of alteration memo dated 19.04.2025. Hence, the Station House Officer shall complete the investigation and file a charge sheet/final report in accordance with the altered provision of law. 5. Accordingly, the I.A. is disposed of. Sd/- N NAGAMMA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER 1. The Station House Officer, Amadagaru Police Station, Sri Sathya Sai District. 2. One CC to Sri Ramakrishna Akurathi, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP at Amaravati [OUT] 4. Two CD Copies To, BSV sree HIGH COURT DATED: 01/09/2025 ORDER I.A No.3 of 2025 in CRLP.No.4516 of 2025 0 ^ SEP 2025 ntSectignx^^ o» DISPOSING OF THE I.A.