APHC010103732025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] WEDNESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 5626/2025 Between: Balavanthula Devi, and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. INAPURAPU SURYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: 2 W.P. No.5626 of 2025 Order: 1. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the respondent No.3 is not following Section 179 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for summoning the petitioners for the purpose of enquiry. 2. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State submitted on the strength of the complaint filed by the respondent No.4, crime No.60/2025 was registered on 10.03.2025, against the petitioners herein for the alleged offence under Sections 85, 318(4), read with Section 3(5) of the BNS. 3. It is further submitted that the matter is still at the investigation stage. 4. Considering the stage of the investigation, the writ petition is closed, directing the Station House Officer, Gollaprole Police Station, to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”), for the purpose of investigation in Crime No.60 of 2025. There shall be no orders as to costs. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N Date: 12.03.2025 SCH 3 W.P. No.5626 of 2025 132 HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N Writ Petition No.5626 of 2025 Date: 12.03.2025 SCH