IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 729 OF 2074 Between: 1. Sura Venkateswaralu, S/o. Lakshmaiah, Aged about 54 years, Caste by Reddy, Occ: RTC Driver, R/o. Sujatha Nagar, 2""^ Line, Ongole. 2. Sura Sulochana @ Ankamma, W/o. Veakateswarlu, Aged 44 years, R/o Sujatha Nagar, 2""' Line, Ongole. 3. Sura Raja Mohan Reddy, S/o. Venkateswarlu, Age 29 years. Caste by Reddy, R/o Sujatha Nagar, 2^^ Line, Ongole. ...Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravathi. ... Respondent No.1/Complainant 2. Ilavala Venkata Ramanamma, W/o. Venkata Subba Reddy, Age 60 years, Caste by Reddy, 6*^ Lane, Gandhinagar, Mangamur Road, Ongole. ...Respondent/Complainants Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the III Additional Munisiff Magistrate, Ongole to dispose expediounsly of C.C.No.1635 of 2019 on merits within 3 months. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri. S. Siva Kumari, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and of Sri. Inakollu Venkateswarulu, Advocate for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following: APHC010059742024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE [3368] PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 729 of 2024 Between: Sura Venkateswaralu, and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED{S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1.S SIVA KUMARI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. INAKOLLU VENKATESWARLU 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following order: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners herein/A1 to A3 under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., to direct the III Additional Munisiff Magistrate, Ongole to dispose expeditiously of C.C.No.1635 of 2019 on merits. / f# Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Additional 2. Public Prosecutor appearing for the State and learned counsel for the respondent No.2. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the only request of the petitioners is to direct the learned Magistrate to expedite the trial in the case and dispose of the same as expeditiously as possible, as there as only five witnesses in the case and the case is of the year 2019. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the considered opinion that the present Criminal Petition can be disposed of at the stage of admission itself, without going into the merits of the case, with a direction to the trial Court to dispose of C.C.No.1635 of 2019 on the file of learned III Additional Munisiff Magistrate, Ongole as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of six (06) months from the date of receipt of copy of the order. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, interlocutory applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. SD/- M PRABHAKARA RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR A //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER 1. The III Additional Munisiff Magistrate, Ongole, Ongole District. 2. One CC to Smt. S. Siva Kumari, Advocate [OPUC] To, 3. One CC to Sri I. Venkateswarulu, Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. [OUT] 5. Three C.D Copies. SSL sree HIGH COURT DATED:28/01/2025 ORDER CRLP.N0.729 OF 2024 h 0 7 FEB 2025 Current Section ^ ^SPATCHtOj!^ DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION