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APHC010125152024
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
WEDNESDAY, THE 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1664 OF 2024 Between:
1. G LAKSHMINARAYANA, S/o. G.Naidu, Aged about 57 years, D.No . 1-491 Dorigallu Road, Mudigubba Village and Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District. 2. Gonuguntia Jayakrishna,, S/o G.Lakshminarayana Aged about 37 Years, D.No . 3-50, Nagalagubbala Village, Mudigubba Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District. 3. Gonuguntia Ramanjineyulu,, S/o. Lakshminarayan, Aged about 47 years, Yadalanka Palli Village, Bukkapatnam Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District. 4. Kamthal Basha,, S/o. K.Vannur (Late), Aged About 43 Years, D.Noll-2-140-A, Sree krishna Deva Rayala Nagar, Neik Nagar, Anantapuramu District. 5. . Boyapati Eswaraiah, , S/o. B.Venkata Naidu, Aged About 50 Years, D.No 6/23, Gantapuram Village, Bathalapalli mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District. ::2::
6. Andra Mokshagna Sai,, S/o. Andra Sekhar Naidu Aged About 22 Years, D.No 4-94, Kodekandia Village, Bathalapalli mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District. 7. G.Chandra Mohan Naidu,, S/o. G.Suseeia Naidu, Aged About 37 Years, D.No 3/5, Pullampalli Village, Tadimarri Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District. 8. Bella Tarakeswar,, S/o. B.Mallikarjuna, Aged About 29 Years, D.No 3-29, Katamakunta Village, Bathalapalli Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District. 9. M.Narendra Naidu,, S/o. M.Chinna Chandrayudu, Aged About 33 Years, D.No 5-32, Old Town, Mudigubba, Mudigubba Mandal, Sri Sathya Sal District. 10. M.Devendranath Reddy, , S/o. M.Narasareddy Late Aged about 43 Years, D.No 1-97, Nagareddi Palli Village, Mudigubba Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District. 11. Dasari Lokesh,, S/o. Dasari Keshava, Aged About 30 Years, D.No 2-06, Enumula Palli Village, Mudigubba Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District. 12. Nettem Bhaskar Naidu, , S/o. Ranga Naidu, Aged About 43 Years, D.No 4/181, Old Town, Mudigubba, Mudigubba Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District. 13. . K.Raveendra Naidu,, S/o. K.Narayanaswami, Aged About 51 Years, D.No 3-5, Old town, Mudigubba, Mudigubba Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District. ::3::
14. G.Prathap,, S/o. G.Suseela Naidu, Aged About 43 Years, D.No O.C. Colony, Pullampalli Village, Tadimarri Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District ...Petitioners AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by Station House Officer, Bathalapalli Police Station, Dharmavaram, Sri Satya Sai District, Through Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravathi. 2. V Prasanth, , S/o. V. Venkataramudu, Aged about 30 years, Venkatagari Palli Village, Bathalapalli Mandal, Sri Satya Sai 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 Courtpleased to quash the proceedings in FIR No.36 of 2024 on the file of Bathalapalli Police Station, Sri Satya Sai 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 pleased to dispense with the filing of certified copy of FIR No. 36 of 2024 on the file of Bathalapalli Police Station, Sri Satya Sai District and to pass
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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 of all further proceedings in FIR No.36 of 2024 on the file of Bathalapalli Police Station, Sri Satya Sai District, pending disposal of the above Criminal Petition and to pass Counsel for the Petitioners: E ANJANA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: KALYAN C R Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP)
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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM
CRIMINAL PETITION No.1664 OF 2024 The Court made the following Order:
Instant Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure (Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023), has been filed on behalf of petitioners herein (Accused), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.36 of 2024 of Bathalapalli Police Station, Sri Satya Sai District, for the offences punishable under Sections 307 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2.
2. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of respondent-State on written instructions submits that the police referred the FIR in Crime No.36 of 2024 of Bathalapalli Police Station, Sri Satya Sai District as “False” vide Final Report dated 02.04.2026 of Sub Inspector of Police, Bathalapalli Police Station. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners also acceded to the submission made by learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. ::6::
4. Copy of written instructions of Sub Inspector of Police, Bathalapalli Police Station, Sri Sathya Sai District, is made part of record. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is closed, as the main criminal case itself was referred as “false”. However, it is made clear that all the remedies are left open to the respective parties to proceed, in accordance with the law. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 16.09.2026 KRK
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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM 118
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1664 OF 2024
Date: 16.09.2026 KRK