IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCM4% TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3280 OF 2n?fi ^ //mi >1 A til Between: 1. Varra Ravindra Reddy, S/o Surya Narayana Reddy, Aged bout 37 years, Occ Unemployed R/o. D.No.12/14, Kondareddy Palli, Agadur, Kondareddy Palli, Vemula Mandal, Y.S.R District. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Public Prosecutor, High Court Buildings, Amaravathi. 2. Seetharamanjaneyulu Musunuru, S/o Tirupathaiah Aged about 51 Occ Mandal President of Telugu Desam Party R/o. years Bathulavarigudem Village, Nuzvid Mandal Eluru District. ...RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANTS Petition filed 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 call for the records in Cr.No.363 of 2024 on the file of the Nuzvid Rural Police Station, Nuzvid Mandal, Eluru District and quash the same. I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition filed 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 grant stay of all further proceedings in Cr.No.363 of 2024 on the file of the Nuzvid Rural Police Station, Nuzvid Mandal, Eluru District, pending disposal of the Criminal Petition. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri V R % Reddy Kovvuri, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1. The Court made the following order: % 1 CRLP. No.3280 of 2025 APHC010153022025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] THURSDAY,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3280/2025 Between: Varra Ravindra Reddy ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.VR REDDY KOWURI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) 2 CRLP. No.3280 of 2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.3280 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner was arraigned as accused Crime No.363 of 2024 of Nuzvid Rural Police Station, Eluru District, registered for the alleged offence under Sections 120B, 153A, 505, 419, 354A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 67A of the Information Technology Act, 2000- 2008, Sections 3(2)(va), 3(1)(w)(ii) SC & ST (POA) Amendment Act, 2015 on the strength of the complaint of the 3'"' respondent. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the complaint solely on the confession of the other accused. It is alleged in the complaint that the petitioner posted abusive content on the social media platform, i.e., Facebook, against political leaders. The learned counsel further submits that the offences alleged against the petitioner are punishable by imprisonment of less than 7 years and, therefore, seeks a direction to the police to follow the procedure provided under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 4. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the Station House Officer, Nuzvid Rural Police Station, Eluru District, is directed to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of 3 CRLP. No.3280 of 2025 as the petitioner is concerned, for the purpose of investigation in connection with Crime No.363 of 2024. 5. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed off. 6. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the criminal petition shall stand closed. the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, insofar SD/- G. HELA NAIDU ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, The Station-House Officer, Nuzvid Andhra Pradesh. 2. Qjae CC to SRI. V R Reddy Kovvuri Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to The Public Prosecutor 4. Three CD Copies. Rural Police Station, Eluru District, [OUT] PRK HIGH COURT DATED:27/03/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.3280 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION