IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4628 OF 2025 Between: 1. Tenali Chinnababu @ Obedhu, S/o. Rosaiah, Aged about 33 years, D.No.3-352, Makivarithota Navurulu, Guntur District, A.P. 2. Tenali Labanu @ Vijay, S/o. Rosaiah, D.No.3-352, Ward, New Tank, Near New Kalyana Mandapam Makivarithota Navurulu, Guntur District, A.P. ...PETITIONERS/ACCUSED Nos. 4 & 5 AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by Public Prosecutor. High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi 2. Balasani Harika, D/o.Yogeswara Rao Aged about 20 Years, Occ. Pvt.Employee R/o.H.No.14-434/11, Dolas Nagar, Tadepally Village and Mandal, Guntur District. ...RESPONDENTS/DEFACTO COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 528 of BNSS Act praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to call for the records relating to and connected with Crime No. 141/2025 dated 01.04.2025 registered at Police Station Mangalagiri Rural Police Station, Guntur District. I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS 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 investigation in Cr.No. Crime No.141/2025 01.04.2025 registered at Police Station. Mangalagiri Rural Police Station, Guntur District. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri R. Gopi Mohan, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor behalf of the Respondent No.1 and None Appeared for the Respondent No.2. on The Court made the following ORDER: % APHC010208082025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4628 of 2025 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) Tenali Chinnababu @ Obedhu, and Others AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT{S) The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused{S): 1.RGOPI MOHAN Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order; The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are arraigned as Accused Nos.4 and 5 in Crime No.141 of 2025 on the file of the Mangalagiri Rural Police Station, Guntur District for the offences punishable under Sections 69, 324(4), 115(2), 351(3) read with 3(5) Bharatiya Nyaya 1. Sanhita, 2023. It is submitted that the petitioners are neighbors of Accused No.1, and the only allegation against them is that they are said to have asked 2. 9 Respondent No.2 to inform the police that there is no relationship between Accused No.1 and Respondent No.2, and that they are only friends. On the strength of these allegations, the petitioners are arraigned as accused. At any rate, the provisions of Section 69 of the BNS cannot be attributed to the petitioners. 3. Considering the same, the Mangalagiri Rural Police Station shall follow the procedure contemplated under Section 35(3) of the BNSS insofar as the petitioners are concerned for the purpose of investigating Crime No. 141 of 2025. Since it is submitted that the police have already issued notice under 4. Section 35(3), police shall complete the investigation in accordance with law and the provisions of the BNSS. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, sh^ll^tand closed. Sd/- M PRABHAKAR RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To. 1. The Station House Officer, Police Station Station, Guntur District. 2. One CC to Sri. R. Gopi Mohan, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. [OUT] 4. Three CD Copies Mangalagiri Rural Police Chp ✓ HIGH COURT DATED:28/04/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.4628 of 2025 ? 12 MAY 2025 Current iiecuon ^ DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION