APHC010557802025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10998/2025 Between: 1. VOONNA BHASKARA RAO, S/O LATE SAMBAMURTY, AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, PERMANENT RESIDENT OF GANGAMPETA VILLAGE, BURJA MANDAL, PRESENTLY RESIDING AT PLOT NO. 102, SRI VENKATESWARA RESIDENCY, DWARAKANAGAR COLONY, BACK SIDE OF ZILLA PARISHAD, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT. 2. VOONNA MANIKANTA, S/O BHASKARA RAO AGED ABOUT 26 YEARS. PERMANENT RESIDENT OF GANGAMPETA VILLAGE, BURJA MANDAL, PRESENTLY RESIDING AT PLOT NO. 102, SRI VENKATESWARA RESIDENCY, DWARAKANAGAR COLONY, BACK SIDE OF ZILLA PARISHAD, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT AT AMARAVATHI. 2. VOONNA KESAVA RAO, S/O LATE SAMBAMURTY, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS. RESIDENT OF GANGAMPETA VILLAGE, BURJA MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. T DIWAKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 2 1. 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10998/2025 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/A-1 and A-2, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against them in C.C.No.43 of 2025 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Amadalavalasa, for the offences punishable under Sections 118(1), 115(2), 79 r/w 3(5) of BNS. 2. Heard Sri T.Diwakar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and Ms.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. As can be seen from the charge sheet, medical evidence is present in this matter. Wound certificates of three (3) persons are also placed on record. The matter requires enquiry at full length of trial, it is not a fit case for quashment. 4. In that view, this Criminal Petition is disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioners. However, the petitioners are at liberty to raise all their contentions before the Trial Court. 4 As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 27.10.2025. UPS 5 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10998/2025 Dated.27.10.2025 UPS 42