APHC010059722025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3368] WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL PETITION No: 1265/2025 Between: 1. M. PRABHAVATHI, D/O. M. KRISHNAIAH, AGED 36 YEARS, R/O. MARUTHI NAGAR, NEAR NAGALAKATTA, ANANTHAPURAM TOWN, ANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. Amaravathi. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. DUNGA RITHESH NAIDU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N.CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL PETITION NO.1265 OF 2025 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to direct the learned IV Additional District Judge, Ananthapuram, to expedite the adjournment from 02.06.2025 to an early date. 2. Heard Sri Dunga Ritesh Naidu, learned counsel for the petitioner. 3. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the State on instructions would submit that only one accused is shown in the case and there are only 5 witnesses in the case. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the request of the petitioner is only to direct the learned Magistrate to expedite the trial and dispose of the case as expeditiously as possible. 5. Undisputedly, the case was filed in the year 2024 from the submissions of learned Additional Public Prosecutor, there are only 5 witnesses in this case, and in that view of the matter, this Court is of the considered opinion is that the criminal petition can be disposed of at the stage of admission, without going into merits of the case, by directing the IV Additional District Judge, 3 Ananthapuram, to dispose of the case as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of two (02) months from the date of receipt copy of this order. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission with direction. As a sequel, interlocutory applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. ______________________________ JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI 19.02.2025 Pmk 4 12 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL PETITION No:1265 of 2025 Date: 19.02.2025 Pmk