M I IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTHDAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10308 OF 2022 Between: Bandia Venkateswarlu, S/o B.Thirupathaiah, Age, 55 Years. Occ: Cultivation, Singarapalli Village, Bestavaripeta Mandal, Prakasam District. State of Andhra Pradesh. ...Petitioner AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. 2. Perika Premavathi, W/o P. Venkateswarlu, Aged 47 Year, Occ, House Wife, Singarapalli Village, Bestavaripeta Mandal, Prakasam District, State of Andhra Pradesh ...Respondent/Complainants Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to call for records relating to and connected with proceedings on the file of Spl Judge for Trial of (PoA) Act cum VII Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Ongole District and quash the same. praying that in the cases under SC and STs Prakasam I.A. NO: 1 OF 2022 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 grant stay of all further proceedings the file of Spl. Judge for trail of cases under SCs and STs (POA) Act - cum- VII Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Ongole, Prakasam District on This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri M Chalapathi, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No. 1. The Court made the following order: ■ir ' m 1 % APHC010703062022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY ,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10308/2022 Between: Bandia Venkateswarlu ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.M CHALAPATHI Counsel for the Respondent/complalnant(S): 1 .PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10308/2022 ORDER: The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal ) Procedure, 1973 (in short, Cr.P.C.”) has been filed by the Petitioner/ Accused, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against him in S.C.No.123 of 2022 on the file of Special Judge for Trial of Offences under \ \ SCs & STs (POA) Act-cum-VII Additional District & Sessions Judge, Prakasam District, Ongole. Heard Sri M. Chalapathi, learned Counsel for the petitioner and 2. Ms.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned Counsel for the petitioner would submit that only as a counter blast to the E.P.No.115 of 2018 in O.S.No.10 of 2001filed against the husband of the respondent No.2, the present case has been lodged against the petitioners as an armtwist. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed the petition and would submit that the Court may pass appropriate Orders. 5. At this juncture, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petition may be disposed without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioner by dispensing the presence of the petitioner before the Trial Court. 3 Considering the submissions made, the Criminal petition is disposed of 6. without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioner. However, the presence of the petitioner/Accused before the Trial Court is dispensed with unless his presence is specifically directed by the Trial Court. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. SD/- A VENU GOPAL RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Special Judge for Trial of Cases under SCs and STs (PoA) Act Cum VII Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Ongole, Prakasam District. 2. One CC to Sri. M Chalapathi Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 4. Three CD Copies DBR GSC 'A HIGH COURT DATED: 17/2/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.10308 of 2022 ^7JUL 2025 1 jS^rr»nt SectionxC Sf»i DISPOSING THE CRIMINAL PETITION