1 APHC010068762022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] TUESDAY ,THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1100/2022 Between: Savara Divya, ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. V SURYA KIRAN KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1100/2022 ORDER: The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short, “Cr.P.C.”) has been filed by the Petitioner/Accused No.4, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against her in C.C.No.2251 of 2020 on the file of Special Judicial First Class Magistrate For Prohibition & Excise, Guntur. 2. Heard Sri V.Surya Kiran Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner Ms. K. Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that except making vague allegations that A1 has used the service of A4 to put some questions to the respondent No.2, to drag on the matter, nothing is there against the petitioner to attract the offence punishable either under Section 420 or 506 of IPC. Learned counsel would further submit that continuing criminal proceedings against the petitioner is a mere abuse of process of law. 4. Per contra, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed the petition and would submit that there are specific allegations made against the petitioner A4 that she is also part of the conspiracy. There are no grounds for quashment of the case. It is not a fit case for quashment. 3 5. At this juncture, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petition may be disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioner. 6. Considering the submissions made, the petition is disposed of. However, the presence of the petitioner/A4 before the Trial Court dispensed with unless her presence is specifically directed by the Trial Court. The petitioner is at liberty to raise all the contentions before the Trial Court in her defence and the learned Trial Judge may appreciate them and take appropriate decision according to law. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 28.01.2025 UPS 4 76 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Crl.P.No.1100 of 2022 Dt.28.01.2025 UPS