APHC010489342024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE 15th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7827 OF 2024 Between: 1. AMARA JAYASIMHA, S/o. Srinivasa Rao, aged 22 years, R/o. D. No. 4- 124, Annavaram Village, Sankavaram Mandal, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh. 2. Pandaga Srinivasa Rao,, S/o. Sathi Babu, aged 31 years, R/o. D. No. 4-93, Annavaram Village, Sankavaram Mandal, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh. 3. Pandagu Nookaraju,, S/o. Sathi Babu, aged 31 years, R/o. D. No. 4- 93, Annavaram Village, Sankavaram Mandal, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh. 2 4. Bathula Kiran Kumar,, S/o. Appa Rao, aged 26 years, R/o. D. No. 5- 44, Annavaram Village, Sankavaram Mandal, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh. 5. Bathula Abhishek,, S/o. Appa Rao, aged 26 years, R/o. D. No. 5-44, Annavaram Village, Sankavaram Mandal, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh. 6. Dadala Sudhakar,, S/o. Anjaneyulu, aged 35 years, R/o. D. No. 4-19, Annavaram Village, Sankavaram Mandal, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh. 7. Munasa Satya Sai Nagesh Kumar,, S/o. Appala Raju, aged 19 years, R/o. D. No. 5-241, Station Road, Annavaram Village, Sankavaram Mandal, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh. 8. Kojjavarapu Satya Suribabu,, S/o. Late Subba Rao, aged 22 years, R/o. D. No. 1-43, Station Road, Annavaram Village, Sankavaram Mandal, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh. 3 9. Saramarla Madhu Babu,, S/o. Chandra Rao, aged 43 years, R/o. Annavaram Village, Sankavaram Mandal, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh. ...Petitioners AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, High Court Buildings at Nelapadu, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. (SHO PS, Annavaram, Kakinada District) 2. Tatipaka Raju, S/o. Late Lakshmana Rao, aged 28 years, R/o. SC Peta, Annavaram Village, Sankavaram Mandal, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh. ...Respondents Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to call for the records relating to and in connection with CC No. 427/2024 in FIR No. 261/2024 on the file of the Junior Civil Judge Court, Prathipadu, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh and to quash the same 4 IA NO: 1 OF 2024 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 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 of all further proceedings in CC No. 427/2024 in FIR No. 261/2024 on the file of the Junior Civil Judge Court, Prathipadu, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh and pass Counsel for the Petitioners: V SAI KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: P VIVEK Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7827 of 2024 The Court made the following Order: Instant Criminal Petition, under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed on behalf of the petitioners herein (A1 to A9), seeking to quash the proceedings in CC No.427 of 2024 on the file of the Junior Civil Judge Court, Prathipadu, Kakinada District, for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 118(1), 351(2), 351(3) and 74 read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor basing on the written instructions states that, pending the Criminal Petition, petitioners herein (A1 to A9) got acquitted in CC No.427 of 2024 on the file of the Junior Civil Judge Court, Prathipadu, Kakinada District, Judgment dated 14.12.2024. 3. Judgment dated 14.12.2024 in CC No.427 of 2024 on the file of the Junior Civil Judge Court, Prathipadu, Kakinada District is made part of the record. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has not disputed the submission of learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 6 5. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is closed. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 15.09.2026 PSA 7 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7827 of 2024 Date: 15.09.2026 PSA