APHC010232782024 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: 3574/2024 Between: 1. BANDI RAVI KUMAR, S/O. B ADINARAYANA, AGED 55 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 7-93, KANAGAMPALLE ANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, STATION HOUSE OFFICER RAPTHADU, ANANTHAPUR, REP.BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT, AMARAVATHI. 2. SREE KRISHNA, S/O VENKATA RAMANA AGED 41 YEARS, ANANTHAPURAM TOWN ANANTHAPURAM 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 call for the records in FIR No 22/2024 on the file of Rapthadu Police Station, Ananthapuram District and quash the same as illegal, arbitrary and abuse of process of law IA NO: 1 OF 2024 2 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.22/2023 Dt:26-01-2023 on the file of the Station House Officer, Chodvaram Police Station, Anakapalli pending disposal of the above Crl.P. 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/Al in FIR No 22/2024 on the file of Rapthadu Police Station, Ananthapuram District pending disposal of the above Crl.P. Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. KALYAN C R Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3574 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.22 of 2024 of Rapthadu Police Station, Ananthapuram District, for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 324, 427 and 307 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. 22 of 2024 of Rapthadu Police Station, Ananthapuram District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate. 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 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: 3574 of 2024 Date: 17.09.2026 vnb