APHC010262532025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3504] THURSDAY, THE 17th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5465/2025 Between: 1. KORUMUTIA VENKATA KRISHNAIAH,, S/O PENCHALAYYA, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/O LINGASAMUDRAM VILLAGE, DAKKILI MANDAL, TIRUPATI DISTRICT. 2. SESHAM PRASANNA KUMAR,, S/O RAMAIAH, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS, R/O. DAKKILI VILLAGE, DAKKILI MANDAL, TIRUPATI DISTRICT. 3. GANUGA VENKAIAH BABU ALIAS ABHIRAM,, S/O. RAJAGOPAL, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS, R/O. VELAMPALLI ROAD, DAKKILI VILLAGE, TIRUPATI DISTRICT. 4. MATCHALA VENKATA RAMANA,, S/O VENKATAYYA, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, R/O. VEILKALLU VILLAGE, DAKKILI MANDAL, TIRUPATI DISTRICT ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATI. THROUGH THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, DAKKILI POLICE STATION, TIRUPATI DISTRICT. 2. CHINTAGUNTA PENCHALAIAH, S/O. BALIVEMAIAH, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS R/O VK. SAMUDRAM VILLAGE, DAKKILI MANDAL, TIRUPATI DISTRICT. ...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 Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Courtmay be pleased to Quash the FIR No. 46 of 2025 dated 06.05.2025 on the file of Dakkili Police Station, Tirupati District, 2 registered under Sections 329(4), 351(3), 49 r/w 3(5) BNSS on the file of Dakkili Police Station, Tirupati District, and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2025 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 the Certified copy of FIR No. 46 of 2025 dated 06.05.2025 on the file of Dakkili Police Station, Tirupati District, in the interest of justice and to pass IA NO: 2 OF 2025 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 Petitioners/Accused in FIR No. 46 of 2025 dated 06.05.2025 on the file of Dakkili Police Station, Tirupati District with a direction to the Respondents, restraining from taking coercive steps against the Petitioners and compliance of Section 35(3) BNSS, 2023, pending disposal of the Criminal Petition and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. V R MAHESWARA RAO PALETI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5465 of 2025 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 A4), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.45 of 2025, of Dakkili Police Station, Tirupathi District, for the offences punishable under Sections 329 (4), 351(3) and 49 r/w 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, the police filed charge sheet and the same was numbered as CC No.475 of 2025, on the file of the Court of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Venkatagiri and the same was settled before the Lok Adalat vide on 14.03.2026 (copy of online case status annexed). 3. Written Instructions of Sub-Inspector of Police, Dakkili Police Station, Tirupati District, is made part of the record. 4 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has not disputed the submission made by learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 5. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is closed, as the main case before trial Court was settled by the respective parties. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 17.09.2026 vnb 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5465 of 2025 Date: 17.09.2026 vnb