APHC010501972023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7618/2023 Between: 1. MR.GIREESH SANGHI, , S/0 RAM SHARAN SANGHI, AGED 70 YEARS, OCC. CMD AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, VAARTHA TELUGU DAILY, RIO SANGHI NAGAR, RANGA REDDY DISTRICT, STATE OF TELANGANA 2. DAMERLA SAI BABA,, S/O AKKAPA NAIDU, AGED 68, OCC. EDITOR, VAARTHA TELUGU DAILY, R/O FLAT NO. 21-B, SHANTINIKETHAN APARTMENTS, ROAD NO. 5 BASHEERBAGH, HYDERABAD. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, , REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HIGH COURT BUILDINGS AT AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. MAMIDIPALLI VENKATA SUBBA RAO, , S/0 SURYA NARAYANA MURTHY, AGED 52 YEARS, OCC. LEGAL PRACTITIONER, R/0 D NO. 2-14, BALANTHRAM VILLAGE, K-GANGAVARAM MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. V SAI KUMAR 2 Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7618/2023 ORDER: The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short, “Cr.P.C.”) has been filed by the petitioners/ Accused Nos. 1 and 3, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against them in C.C.No.377 of 2017 on the file of the learned Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Alamuru, East Godavari District as per the Orders of this Court in Crl.P.No.990 of 2019 dated 13.02.2023. 2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that no further orders are required in this matter, since, the relief has become infructuous and petition may be disposed of recording the same. 3. Mrs.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State is in attendance. 4. In that view, the Criminal Petition is dismissed, since relief has become infructuous. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________________________ DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 22.12.2025 UPS 4 211 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Crl.P.No.7618 of 2023 Dt.22.12.2025 UPS