IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2330 OF 2025 Between: Lingamaneni Kishore, S/o Sri Ramanjaneyulu aged about 48 years, Occ Business, R/o D. No. 1-109, Seetarampuram Village, Nuziveedu Mandal, Eluru District. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND Anne Harikrishna, S/o Rama Rao, aged Major, Occ Business, R/o Kesarapalli Village, Gannavaram Mandal, Krishna District. (DEFACTO COMPLAINANT) The State of Andhra Pradesh,, through SHO, Gannavaram Police Station, Krishna District, rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP At Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANTS Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to Quash the complaint /FIR in Crime No. 76 of 2025 of Gannavaram Police Station, Krishna District (on the file of I Additional JCJ cum XII Addl. MM Gannavaram) p- I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition,the High Court may be pleased to Stay all further proceedings including arrest of Petitioner / Accused No.2 in Crime No. 76 of 2025 of Gannavaram Police Station, Krishna District ( on the file of I Additional JCJ cum XII Addl. MM, Gannavaram) f This Petition coming on for hearing upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Sreenivasa Rao Velivela Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor (AP) on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following ORDER : IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY ,THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2330/2025 APHC010111392025 [3457] r Between: Lingamaneni Kishore ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Anne Harikrishna and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused; 1.SREEN1VASA RAO VELIVELA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2. The Court made the following: / 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.2330 of 2025 ORDER: The instant petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (in short “B.N.S.S”) has been filed by the petitioner/Accused No.2, seeking quashment of the proceedings against him in Crime No.76 of 2025 of Gannavaram Police Station, Krishna District registered under Section 420, 407, . 467, 468, 120b r/w 34 IPC. 2. The petitioner is alleged to have committed offences under Section 420, 407, 467, 468, 120b r/w 34 Indian Penal Code, 1860(for short “I.P.C.”). It is alleged that the petitioner while discharging his duty, an officer of District Mines and Geology has directed the 1 respondent to supply gravel for official function of the State and that the bills were paid to an enterprise by name “Babu Enterprises”. Non-payment of bills to the 1®* respondent alleging that the petitioner has committed the alleged offences, the police have registered the case. 3. St 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State submits that police has registered FIR on 25.02.2025 and the police need to complete the investigation to ascertain the facts. 3 r Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that of “Babu Enterprises” and that the Executive Engineer, Deputy Executive 5. bills were cleared in the name concerned Assistant and Executive Engineer of the concerned division have Engineer cleared the bills for the work done by said “Babu Enterprises as such, the petitioner has no role insofar as non-payment of the alleged bills. the punishment for the Considering the same, since 6. registered against the petitioner are more than 7 years. Police Station, is directed to without taking any coercive steps offences the SHO and 10 of Gannavaram complete the investigation against the petitioner. The petitioner is to co-operate with the investigation. With these observations, the Criminal Petition is disposed 7. off. There shall be no costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall SD/- P.U.V.BHASKARA RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR stand closed. 1^ //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, XII Addl. MM, Gannavaram) Krishana 1. The I Additional JCJ cum District House Officer Gannavaram Police Station, Krishna 2. TheStiation District 3. One CC to Sri. Sreenivasa Rao Velivela Advocate [OPUC] CCs to the Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh at 4. Two Amaravathi.[OUT] 5. THREE CD COPIES TAC HIGH COURT DATED :06/03/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2330 of 2025 t? g 17 MAR 2025 mli ^ . Current Section ^ DISPOSING THE CRLP