APHC010176102024 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: 2890/2024 Between: 1. S.SIDDAIAH NAIDU, S/O. LATE VERASWAMY NAIDU, AGED 67 YEARS, D-NO 7-34, RAMIREDDI PALLE, CHITTOOR, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. S. YASODAMMA ,, W/O. S SANDRA SIDDAIAH NAIDU, AGED 55 YEARS, D-NO 7-34, RAMIREDDI PALLE, CHITTOOR, ANDHRA PRADESH. 3. E. SIVAKOTESWARA REDDY,, S/O LATE RANGAREDDY, AGED 69 YEARS, D-NO 1-15, EGUVA REDDY PALLI, CHANDRAGIRI, CHITTOOR, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF A.P. AT AMARAVATI 2. RAMESH KRISHNAMANENI, S/O YUVARAJULA NAIDU, AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, OCC SOFTWARE EMPLOYEE, R/O D.NO 1133, ANDREW AVILES CIR, TAMPA FL 33619, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ...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 2 Courtmay be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings including the appearance of the petitioners in FIR No 03 of 2024 Dt 12-01-2024 on the file of Pakala Police Station, Tirupati District, Andhra Pradesh pending disposal of the above CrI.P. 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 the certified copy in FIR No 03 of 2024 Dt: 12-01-2024 on the file of Pakala Police Station, Tirupati District, Andhra Pradesh, pending disposal of the above CrI.P. and 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 pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings including the appearance of the petitioners in FIR No 03 of 2024 Dt 12-01- 2024 on the file of Pakala Police Station, Tirupati District, Andhra Pradesh pending disposal of the above CrI.P. and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. TURAGA SAI SURYA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2890 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 petitioners herein (A2 to A4), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.3 of 2024 of Pakala Police Station, Tirupathi District, for the offences punishable under Sections 494 r/w 34 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. 3 of 2024 of Pakala Police Station, Tirupathi 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: 17.09.2026 vnb 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2890 of 2024 Date: 17.09.2026 vnb