APHC010515542025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10286/2025 Between: 1. NAYAK SHAKEER, S/O N. ZIKIRIYA, AGED ABOUT 26 YEARS,R/O H.NO.18/289, COURT ROAD, YEMMIGANURU TOWN,KURNOOL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH 2. PABBADI NAGI REDDY, S/O NAGESWAR REDDY, AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS,R/O R. KRISHNAPURAM, ALLAGADDA MANDAL,KURNOOL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH 3. BOMMANELLI BHASKAR, S/O ANJANEYULU, AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS,R/O H.NO. 11/183, VIRAT NAGAR, PRODDATUR,KADAPA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH 4. SHAIK MAHABOOB BASHA, S/O ABDUL GAFFAR, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS,R/O 2ND WARD, 3-12, C. BELAGAL VILLAGE,KURNOOL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Special Public Prosecutor, through the Inspector of Police, Crime Investigation Department CID, Regional Office, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to quash the proceedings against 2 the petitioners in CC No. 3/2020 and allied FIRs/charge sheet (Cr. Nos. 247/2012, 121/2013, 272/2014) pending before the Special Judge under A.P. Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishments Act cum Principal District & Sessions Judge, Kurnool, insofar as they relate to the Petitioners (A- 16, A-17, A-18, A-22) and Pass IA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to dispense with filing of the certified copy of the Complaint CC No.03/2020 and allied FIRs/charge sheets (Cr.Nos. 247/2012, 121/2013, 272/2014) pending before the Special Judge under A.P. Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishments Act cum Principal District & Sessions Judge, Kurnool, and pass IA NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS 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 against the petitioner’s herein in CC No.03/2020 and allied FIRs/charge sheets (Cr.Nos. 247/2012, 121/2013, 272/2014) pending before the Special Judge under A.P, Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishments Act cum Principal District & Sessions Judge, Kurnool and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. SHAIK JAVVAD UR RAHAMAN Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10286/2025 ORDER: The instant criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C)/under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the Petitioners/Accused Nos.16, 17, 18 & 22, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against him in C.C.No.03 of 2020 on the file of the learned Special Judge under Andhra Pradesh Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishments Act cum Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kurnool, for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 403, 406, 120(B) r/w 34 of IPC & Section 5 of A.P., Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishments Act, 1999 & Sections 4, 5 & 6 of Prize Chits and Money circulation Scheme (Banning) Act, 1978. 2. Heard Sri Shaik Javvad Ur Rahaman, learned counsel for the Petitioners and Ms.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 by dispensing the presence of the petitioners before the Trial Court. 4 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 5. Considering the submissions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioners. However, the presence of the petitioners/Accused Nos.16, 17, 18 & 22 before the Trial Court is dispensed with, unless their presence is specifically directed by the Trial Court. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 06.10.2025. UPS 5 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10286/2025 Dated.06.10.2025 UPS 28