IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 920 OF 2025 Between: Dasari Pavan Kumar, S/o Ramanaiah, Aged about 46 years, R/o D.No. 7-1-35/4, Induri vari Street, Sankala Vari Thota, Kavali Town, SPSR Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh-524201. 1. Dasari Rajani, W/o Dasari Pavan Kumar, Aged about 32 years, R/o Dudekulapalem village, Kavali Bit-11, Kavali, Nellore Andhra Pradesh- 524201 2. ...PETITIONERS/A1 & A2 AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, At Amaravati. 1. Shaik Khasim,, S/o Ali Sahib, Aged about 39 years, Dudekulapalem village, Kavali Mandal, SPSR Nellore District 2. ...RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT Petition under Old Section 482 of Cr.P.C. and New Sec. 528 of BNSS Act, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the FIR.No.195 of 2024 on the file of the Kavali Rural Police Station, SPSR Nellore District, in so far A1 and A2, in the interest of justice. I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Old Section 482 of Cr.P.C. and New Sec. 528 of BNSS Act, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased may be pleased to stay of all further proceedings in FIR.No. 195 of 2024 on the file of the Kavali Rural Police Station, SPSR Nellore District, including the arrest of the petitioners/AI & A2, in the interest of justice. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Y.L. SIVA KALPANA REDDY, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No. 1. The Court made the following; ORDER APHC010041692025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA HRIMINAL PETITION NO: 920/2025 [3333] Between; ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED{S) Dasari Pavan Kumar and Others AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) The State of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S); 1 .Y L SIVA KALPANA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/coniplainant(S): 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: — 2 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners herein under Section 482 of Cr.P.C.. to quash the proceedings in Crime 2024 of Kavali Rural Police Station, SPSR Nellore registered for the offences punishable under Section 420 read with 34 IPC. No.195 of District counsel for the petitioners and learned for the respondent 2. Heard learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing No. 1/State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the be disposed of by giving protection to the petitioners of the Hon’ble Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. petition may vide guidelines Sfafe ofBihar\ instructions would Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on 4. submit that all the offences registered against the petitioners punishable with less than seven (07) years period of direction may be given to the herein are imprisonment and necessary concerned Station House Officer. 1 (2014) 8 see 273 3 <35, 5. Considering the submissions, this Criminal Petition is disposed of with the following directions: Investigating Officer is at liberty to complete the investigation, in accordance with law. In the event of any coercive action sought to be taken against the petitioners, the concerned police authorities are directed to scrupulously follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 corresponding to Section 41A Cr.P.C., scrupulously as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar’s case (supra). a) b) 6. It goes without saying that, if any charge sheet is filed in the above crime, the petitioners are at liberty to challenge the charge sheet, if they feels aggrieved by the same. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, interlocutory applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. Sd/-B PRASADA RAO assistant registrar I \ //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, , Kavali Rural Police Station, SPSR 1 The Station House Officer Nellore District, 2. One CC to Sri Y. L. Siva 3. Two CC copies to the Public 4. Three CD Copies Kalpana Reddy, Advocate [OPUC] Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., [OUT] SRm vna 1 HIGH COURT DATED: 31/01/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.920 of 2025 S 1 2 FEB 2C?5 Current Section -rrr-^ DISPOSING OF THE CRL.P.