APHC010088472022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION No. 1457 of 2022 Between: Akula Raghavendra Rao ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND State Rep By Public Prosecutor and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. KANAKALA DEVI PRASANNA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 19731 by the Petitioner/A.1 seeking quashment of the Proceedings against him in CC No.1660 of 2021 on the file of the Court of I Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada, for the offences punishable under Sections 365, 341, 324, 509 and 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code2. 2. Heard Sri Posani Venkateswarlu, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri K.Devi Prasanna Kumar, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Ms.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1/State. Perused the material on record. 1. For short ‘the Code’ 2. For short ‘I.P.C’` 2 3. Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the Petitioner would submit that the Criminal Petition may be disposed of giving liberty to the Petitioner to file discharge petition before the Trial Court. Further, the presence of the Petitioner before the Trial Court may dispensed with. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate Orders. 5. Considering the submissions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of without causing any prejudice to the rights and contentions of the Petitioner. The Petitioner is at liberty to file a discharge petition before the Trial Court and the learned Trial Judge may appreciate the contentions and take an appropriate decision according to law. Considering the request, the presence of the Petitioner/A.1 before the Trial Court is dispensed with, except on the specific dates as directed by the Trial Court. Pending applications, if any, shall stand closed. DR.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Mjl/* 3 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Crl.P.No. 1457 of 2022 25.02.2025 Mjl /*