APHC010547192024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE 11th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8791 OF 2024 Between: 1. S SRINIVASU, S/o. Chinna Rao, Aged 43 years, R/o D.No. 2- 60, Desapatrunipalem village, Parvada Mandal Anakapalli district. ...Petitioner AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep.by Station House Officer, Kotauratia Police Station, Through Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. 2. K Siva, S/o. Demudu, Aged 30 years, R/o D.No. Kailasapatnam village, Kotauratia Mandal Anakapalli district. ...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 pleased to quash the FIR.No.268/2023 of Kotauratia Police Station, Anakapalli District and to pass 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 2 dispense with the requirement of filing certified copy of the FIR in Cr.No. No. 268 of 2023 of Kotauratla Police Station, Anakapalli district, in the interest of justice and to pass IA NO: 2 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 all further proceedings in FIR No 268/2023 of Kotauratla Police Station, Anakapalli District including arrest of the petitioner pending disposal of the criminal petition and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: V V SATISH Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8791 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 petitioner herein (A1), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.268 of 2023 of Kotavurtla Police Station, Anakapalli District, for the offences punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. At the stage of admission, this Court has not granted any interim order in the instant lis. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of respondent-State, basing on the written instructions, submits that the police have filed a charge sheet in FIR in Crime No.268 of 2023 of Kotavurtla Police Station, Anakapalli District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate. 4. At that juncture, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Criminal Petition with a liberty to challenge the charge sheet, in accordance with the law, if so advised. 4 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, by granting liberty to pursue legal remedies, in accordance with the law. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 11.09.2026 PSA 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8791 of 2024 Date: 11.09.2026 PSA