APHC010671942025 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: 13237/2025 Between: 1. A MAHESH KUMAR REDDY, S/O. NANDA KUMAR REDDY,AGE 50 YEARS, R/O. PEDDURU, BUCHIREDD5RPALEMTOWN 86 MANDAL, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI,HIGH COURT BUILDINGS AT NELAPADU, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. SURYA NARAYANA GADDA, S/O. NARASIMHA RAO,OCC INSPECTOR OF POLICE,SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT BUREAU, NELLORE,SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. V VINOD K REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13237/2025 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 petitioner/Accused No.20, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against him in C.C.No.204 of 2025 on the file of learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kovvur for the offences punishable under Sections 3 & 4 of A.P.Gaming Act. 2. Heard Sri V.Vinod K Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petition may be disposed of, dispensing the presence of the petitioner before the Trial Court. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 5. Considering the submissions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. However, the presence of the petitioner/Accused No.20, before the Trial Court is dispensed with, unless his presence is specifically directed by the Trial Court. 3 As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 22.12.2025. UPS 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13237/2025 Dated.22.12.2025 UPS 149