APHC010057532023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] WEDNESDAY ,THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 944/2023 Between: Thamma Uma Maheswara Reddy, ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. RAMAKRISHNA AKURATHI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. NEELA MANJARI J S 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: The Court made the following Order: The petitioner is arrayed as sole accused in Crime No.151 of 2022, on the file of the T.Sundur Police Station, Bapatla District, for alleged offences under Sections 323, 506 of IPC and 155(2) of Cr.P.C. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 3. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner filed this petition seeking the quashing of the entire proceedings in Crime No.151 of 2022, he has, however, restricted the relief to the extent of directing the Investigating Officer to follow the procedure prescribed under Section 35(3) of the BNSS, and the guidelines prescribed by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar1. 4. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor stated that he has no objection to give such a direction. 5. The Criminal Petition is disposed of by directing the Station House Officer, T.Sundur Police Station, Bapatla district, to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, “BNSS”) in so far as the petitioner is concerned. 6. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ______________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N Date : 18.06.2025 TM 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273 HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N Criminal Petition No.8708 of 2024 Date: 18.06.2025 TM