IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4575 OF 2025 Between: 1. Yadia Nageswara Rao, S/o. Yadia Ganeswara Rao, Aged 49 years, R/o. H.No.32-6-14, Polisetty Vari Street, Palakollu, West Godavari District. [A-3] 2. Yadia Tataji, S/o. Yadia Ganeswara Rao, Aged 51 years, R/o. H.No. 32- 6-14, Polisetty Vari Street, Palakollu, West Godavari District. [A-4] ...PETITIONERS/ACCUSED Nos. 3 & 4 AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through SHO Palakol! Police Station, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP at Amaravati. I I RESPONDENT 2. G. Jewel Prasad, S/o. Not known, aged 39 years, Sub-Inspector of Police, Palakollu Town Police Station, Palakollu Mandal, West Godavari District. ...RESPONDENT No.2/DEFACTO COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 528 of BNSS 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 quash the Crime/ F.I.R.No. 77‘of 2025 on the file of SHO Palakollu Town Police Station, West Godavari District against the Petitioners/ A3 and A4. A 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 Petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay of all further proceedings including arrest of the petitioners/A3 and A4 in the Crime/F.I.R.No. 77 of 2025 on the file of SHO Palakollu Town Police Station, West Godavari District. I.A. NO: 1 OF 2025 This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Rambabu Koppineedi, 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: •o 1 CRLP. No.4575 of 2025 APHC010210002025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] TUESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4575/2025 Between: Yadia Nageswara Rao and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RtSPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitloner/accused(S): 1.RAMBABU KOPPINEEDI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR X The Court made the following: 2 CRLP. No.4575 of 2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH CRIMINAL PETITION No.4575 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. Heard the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were arraigned as A.3 and A.4 in Crime No.77 of 2025 of the Palakollu Town Police Station, West Godavari District, registered for the alleged offences under Sections 3 and 4 of the A.P. Gaming Act, 1974. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been implicated as accused in Crime No.55 of 2025, registered at Yelamanchili Police Station, for the alleged offence under Section 132 read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita [for short ‘B.N.S.], in Crime No.56 of 2025 for an offence under Sections 223, 126(2) read \ with 3(5) of the B.N.S., and in Crime No.58 of 2025 under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 351(2) read with 3(5) of the B.N.S. and Sections 3(1)(r)(s), 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 4. It is submitted that all these complaints were registered against the petitioners within a short span of one month and are politically motivated. X 5. The learned counsel further submits that the petitioners have filed Criminal Petition No.4217 of 2025 and Criminal Petition No. 4258 of /• 3 CRLP. No.4575 of 2025 police to complete the investigation in accordance with the procedure contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. 6. Considering the submissions, the Station House Officer, Palakollu Town Poiice Station, West Godavari District, is directed to compiete the investigation in Crime No.77 of 2025 by following the procedure contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita insofar as the petitioners 2025. seeking to quash the FIRs. This Court has directed the A as are concerned. This would not preclude the investigation officer from filing charge sheet or final report after completion of investigation. 7. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed of. 8. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed. Sd/- A. VENUGOPALA RAO ASSISTANT)j^EGI^TRAR N OFFICER //TRUE COPY// SEi To Mandafwe"st'Go^La°rfSi'cJ"'"'°"" station, Palakollu 2. One CC to SRI. RAMBABU KOPPINEEDI, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CC to Public Prosecutor Amaravathi. [OUT] 4. Three CD Cdpies High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Chp •v CHP HIGH COURT DATED:29/04/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.4575 of 2025 ^2^JUL 2025 K 'X .Co DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION m---