IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5086 OF 2025 Between: 1. Chitamma, W/o.Late Buchanna Venkatesh, Occ: House wife, Age 60 years, R/o. 1-16-148/2, Madhavi Nagar Colony, Alwal, Secunderabad, Ranga Reddy, Telangana-500015. A-2 (Mother of A-1) 2. Taruni, D/o.Late Buchanna Venkatesh, Occ: Student, Aged 34 years, R/o. 1-16-148/2, Madhavi Nagar Colony, Alwal, Secunderabad, A-3 (Sister of A-1) 3. Bhargav, S/o.Late Buchanna Venkatesh, Occ: Private Employee, Age 31 years, R/o 1-16-148/2, Madhavi Nagar Colony, Alwal, Secunderabad Ranga Reddy, Telangana - 500015. Ranga Reddy, Telangana - 500015. A-4 (Brother of A-1) 4. Ajay Kumar, S/o. Late B Srinivasulu, Occ: Private Employee, Age 35 years, R/o. 1-16-148/2, Ground Floor, Madhavi Nagar Colony, Alwal, Secunderabad, Ranga Reddy, Telangana-500015. A-5(Cousin Brother of A-1) ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED NOs. 2 to 5 AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by Station House Officer, Ajith Singh Nagar Police Station, Vijayawada, Through Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati .... RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT 2. Smt. Anusha Murugummala, W/o. Dilak Kumar, D/o. Satyanarayana, Aged about: 34 years, Occ: Pvt. Employee, R/o: H.No 20-6-81,3rd Lane, Ramalingeswarapeta, Vijayawada, NTR district, Andhra Pradesh. ...RESPONDENT/DE-FACTO COMPLAINANT 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 quash the F.I.R. No.120 of 2025 dated.16.03.2025 of Ajith Singh Nagar Commissionerate & NTR District for the offences punishable under Section Police Station of NTR 85 BNS and 3 & 4 D.P Act against the petitioners. I-A. NO: 1 OF 2025 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 stay all further proceedings F.I.R.No.120 of 2025 dated 16.03.2025 of PS Ajith Singh Nagar of NTR Commissionerate including arrest of the petitioners, investigation and filing of charge-sheet, in the interest of Justice, pending disposal of the above Criminal petition. on This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri N. V. MOHANA RAO, Advocate for the Petitioners and the Public Prosecutor of Andhra Pradesh on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and appeared for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following: none APHC010241012025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) ■I [3457] T TUESDAY ,THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5086/2025 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) Chitamma and Others AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petltioner/accused{S): 1.N VMOHANARAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in Crime No. 120 of 2025 on the file of Ajith Singh Nagar Police Station, Vijayawada for the alleged offences under Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that the matter is still at 2. the investigation stage. 1 2 3. Considering the submissions of the both the learned counsel, the criminal petition is disposed off, directing the Station House Officer/investigating Officer, for the purpose of investigation in Crime No. 120 of 2025 on the file of Ajith to follow the procedure Singh Nagar Police Station, Vijayawada, contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. as As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. Sd/- M. SRINIVAS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To. 1. The Station House Officer, Ajith Singh Nagar Police Station Vijayawada, NTR District. 2. One CC to Sri N. V. Mohana Rao, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CC’s to The Public Prosecutor of High Court of Andhra [OUT] 4. Three CD Copies Pradesh GPC Cnr HIGH COURT GPC DATED: 06/05/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.5086 of 2025 ^ 0 8 SEP 2025 K DISPOSING OF THIS CRLP