APHC010668982025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12806/2025 Between: 1. SHANTHI, W/O. LATE GEORGE, AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS,R/O. D.NO.17-583-2, RAJESWARI NAGAR,RENIGUNTA MANDAL, TIRUPATI DISTRICT. 2. HEROLD AJAY GEORGE ALIAS AJAY KUMAR, S/O. GEORGE, AGED ABOUT 26 YEARS R/O. D.NO.17-583-2, RAJESWARI NAGAR,RENIGUNTA MANDAL, TIRUPATI DISTRICT. 3. MATTHEW VIJAY GEORGE ALIAS VIJAY KUMAR, S/O. GEORGE, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS R/O. D.NO. 17-583-2, RAJESWARI NAGAR,RENIGUNTA MANDAL, TIRUPATI DISTRICT,PRESENTLY RESIDING IN U.S.A. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF AMARAVATHI. 2. VINSI ANBALAGAN ALIAS KALA, W/O. VICTOR ANBALAGAN,AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS RESIDENT OF D.NO.17-583-2, RAJESWARI NAGAR, RENIGUNTA MANDAL, TIRUPATI, TIRUPATI DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. VMR LEGAL Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 2 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12806/2025 ORDER: The instant Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 8Cr.P.C)/under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 8BNSS9) has been filed by the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against them in FIR No.16 of 2023 on the file of Renigunta (U) Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 441, 448, 354, 506 r/w 34 of IPC r/w 156(3) of Cr.P.C. 2. Heard Sri Venkatesh B. Reddy, learned counsel representing M/s. VMR Legal, for the petitioners and Mrs.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petition may be disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioners. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate Orders. 5. Considering the submissions, this Criminal Petition is disposed of, without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioners and the investigation shall go on. However, the petitioners are at liberty to challenge the report, if any, filed by the police after concluding the investigation, if so advised, at appropriate time. 4 As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 10.12.2025. UPS 5 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12806/2025 Dated.10.12.2025 UPS 216