t IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINALPETITIONNo.4921 of 2025 Between: Punuru Gowtham Reddy, S/o. Late Subba Rama Reddy, Male, aged about 66 years R/o. D. No. 23-2-10, Bhagat Singh Road, Satyanarayanapuram, Vijayawada, NTR District, Andhra Pradesh. ...Petitioner/Accused No.1 AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by the Station House Officer, Satyanarayanapuram PS, Vijayawada City, Through the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. 2. The Commissioner of Police, Vijayawada City, NTR District. 3. The Assistant Commissioner of Police, and Investigation Officer, North Division, Vijayawada Police Commissionerate Vijayawada City, NTR District. 4. Ganduri Uma Maheswar, S/o. Ganduri Radha Krishna Murthy, Male, aged about 50 years, R/o. D. No. 23-22-36, Sivalayam Street, Satyanarayanapuram, Vijayawada, NTR District, Andhra Pradesh. ...Respondents 5. The Bureau of Immigration, Represented by its Commissioner, RK Puram, New Delhi-110066. ...Respondent No.5 Petition 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 quash the Look Out Circular (LOC) opened and continued bytfe nd Respondent. i k^LZOF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS (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 all further proceedings in connection with the Look Out Circular (LOC) opened and nd Respondent, pending disposal of the present Criminal continued by the 2 Petition. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri of Grounds Peddibhotia Venkata Sai Rajesh, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and none appeared for the Respondent Nos.2 to 5. The Court made the following Order: s ii V APHC010233182025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N r.RlMINAL PETITION NO: 4921/2025 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED Punuru Gowtham Reddy AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.PEDDIBHOTLA VENKATA SAI RAJESH Counsel for the Respondent/complainant{S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: Heard the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 2. The learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is arraigned as Accused No.1 in Crime No.364 of 2024 on the file of SN Vijayawada District, for the alleged offences under Puram Police Station, Sections 309(6), 109(2), 61(2), and 49 of BNS. for the State learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing 3. The / General of Police of Crime Investigation Department, , vide C.NO.9651/C61/1P/C1D/2024, submits that the Director Andhra Pradesh, had addressed a letter dated 26.03.2025, to the Joint Director, Immigration Branch, for deletion of lookout circular against the petitioner. The said request is with regard to Crime No.364 of 2024. The copy of the letter is piaced on record. 4. The learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that, addressed by the competent authority, the 5" far, not withdrawn the lookout circular. in spite of a letter being respondent has, so Considering the submissions, the lookout circular referred to by the C.NO.9661/C61/IP/CID/2024, 5. dated in their letter vide 26.03.2025, is hereby suspended. Now that the letter is addressed by the Investigation Department, Andhra respondents General of Police of Crime circular issued against the petitioner is hereby quashed. Director Pradesh, the lookout 6. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is allowed. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. Sd/- K KASIRAO ACHARI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER Additional Judicial Magistrate, Vijayawada, Krishna District. \ To 1. Them f Police Station, V2 The Station House Officer, Satyanarayanapuram Vijayawada City, NTR District. 3. The Director General of Police, Crime Investigation Department, Andhra Pradesh. 4. TwoCCstothe Amaravathi[OUT] Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh 1. 5. One CC to Sri Peddibhotla Venkata Sai Rajesh, Advocate [OPUC] 6. Three CD Copies vna 5^ HIGH COURT DATED:06/05/2025 \ \ \ ORDER CRLP.No.4921 of 2025 allowing the criminal petition