APHC010608752025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY,THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11741/2025 Between: 1. KALLURI SRINIVASA RAO, S/O YANADI NAIDU,AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, R/O NALADALAPUR VILLAGE,V.V.PALEM MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF AP, AMARAVATHI. 2. ARUNA ATMAKURI, W/O KRISHNAIAH,AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS, R/O NALADALAPUR VILLAGE,V.V.PALEM MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. P V VENKATA RAVI SANKAR and Dr. P.B Reddy Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The instant Criminal Petition under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed, by the Petitioner/Accused No.1, seeking to quash the proceedings C.C. No.97 of 2019 on the file of the on the file of Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kandukur, Prakasam District. 2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, Sri P V Venkata Ravi Sankar, learned counsel for the Petitioner would submit that respondent No.2 failed to pay an amount for the information sought under RTI because of the grudge filed case alleged against the petitioner. 3. Ms.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor takes notice for the state and would submit that the petitioner herein is the sole 2 accused and the ingredients to attract the offence is very well presented and it is not a fit case for quashment. 4. Considering the submissions, the and charge sheet placed before this Court, as rightly said by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, the ingredients to attract the offences is well presented. Such being the case, the matter requires investigation and it is not a fit case for quashment. 5. At this juncture, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that let there by a direction to the Court to expedite the trial. 6. In that view of the matter, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. The learned Judge is directed to dispose of the case as expeditiously as possible without granting adjournment in casual way. Pending applications, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:13.11.2025 RSD 3 65 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Crl.P.No.11741 of 2025 Date:13.11.2025 RSD