APHC010326222024 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: 5279 OF 2024 Between: 1. Devara Ratnaiah,, S/o. Vijaya, Aged 50 Years, Occ. President of Nadigadda, Fishermen Co-operative Society, Nadigadda Village, Vinuonda, Palnadu District, (Erstwhile Guntur District). ...Petitioner AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. 2. S Sanjeeva Rao, District Fisheries Officer, palnadu 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 Courtmay be pleased to quash the entire proceedings in Crime No. 174 of 2024 of Vinukonda Police Station 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 the filing of certified copy of FIR Crime No. 174 of 2024 of Vinukonda Police Station Palnadu District and receive the main Criminal Petition on file in the interests of justice 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 grant stay of all further proceedings including arrest of the petitioner in Crime No. 174 of 2024 of Vinukonda Police Station, pending disposal of the main Criminal Petition Counsel for the Petitioner: B RAMESH Counsel for the Respondents: RAMBABU KOPPINEEDI Counsel for the Respondents:PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Criminal Petition No: 5279 OF 2024 ORDER: Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in the present Criminal Petition does not survive for further adjudication. 2. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor has not disputed the submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner. 3. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 16.09.2026 PVS THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Criminal Petition No. 5279 OF 2024 Date: 16.09.2026 PVS