APHC010198132024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3504] WEDNESDAY, THE 9th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2942/2024 Between: 1. YERRAMSETTI SIMHACHALAM @ YERRAMSETTY SIMHACHALAM, S/O LATE YERRAMSETTY PEDDA APPA RAO, AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS, OCC SUPERINTENDENT AT VISAKHAPATNAM PORT AUTHORITY, R/O 3-438/2, FLAT NO.302, MW HARMONY, RAMRAJU NAGAR, YENDADA, VISAKHAPATNAM (RURAL), VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH-530045. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. YERRAMSETTI LAKSHMIKANTH, W/O PRAKESH, AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS, OCC HOUSEWIFE, R/O SHRAM NAGAR, RAMRAJU NAGAR, YENDADA, VISAKHAPATNAM (RURAL), VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH-530045 ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the 2 Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Courtmay be pleased to quash the Crime/FIR against the Petitioner/Accused No.1 in Crime No. 156 of 2024 dated 04.04.2024 Registered at Anakapalli Town PS, Anakapalli District Previously Visakhapatnam District and pass such 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 may be pleased to dispense with filing of the certified copy of the report and FIR in Crime No. 156 of 2024 dated 04.04.2024 Registered at Anakapalli Town PS, Anakapalli District Previously Visakhapatnam District, till the disposal of the Main Quash Petition in the interest of the justice and pass such 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 may be pleased to stay all the further proceedings against the Petitioner/Accused No.1 in Crime No. 156 of 2024 dated 04.04.2024 Registered at Anakapalli Town PS, Anakapalli District PreviouslyVisakhapatnam District pending the Criminal Petition before this Hon’ble Court in the interest of Justice Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. VENKATA MOHAN RAO PATHAKOTA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2942 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.156 of 2024 of Anakapalli Police Station, Anakapalli District, for the offences punishable under Sections 420 of the Indian Penal Code. 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.156 of 2024 of Anakapalli Police Station, Anakapalli District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate and the same is numbered as CC No.974 of 2024. 4. At that juncture, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Criminal Petition 4 with a liberty to challenge the charge sheet, in accordance with the law, if so advised. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, by granting liberty to challenge the charge sheet, in accordance with the law. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 09.09.2026 vnb 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2942 of 2024 Date: 09.09.2026 vnb