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APHC010091122024
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: 1267 OF 2024 Between:
1. C V KUMAR, S/o Venkata Chalapathi, Aged about 26 years, R/o D.No. 19- 41-S9- 1709, 5 TH Cross road, Gayathri Nagar, Postal Colony, Tirupathi Urban, Chittoor District
2. C V Thejaswi,, D/o Venkata Chalapathi, Aged about 31 years, R/oD.No. 19- 41-S9- 1709, 5TH Cross road, Gayathri Nagar, Postal Colony, Tirupathi Urban, Chittoor District
3. C. Venkata Chalapathi,, S/o Late Guravaiah, Aged about 55 years, R/o D.No. 19-41-S9- 1709, 5 TH Cross road, Gayathri Nagar, Postal Colony, Tirupathi Urban, Chittoor District
4. C V Latha @ Latha Kupparathi,, W/o Venkata Chalapathi, Aged about 50 years, R/o D.No. 19-41-S9- 1709, 5 TH Cross road, Gayathri Nagar, Postal Colony, Tirupathi Urban, Chittoor District ...Petitioners AND
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1. THE STATE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, Tirupathi East P.S., Chitoor District (now Tirupathi District) Through Public Prosecutor, High Court Of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. 2. K Suma, Uday Sankar Aged about 32 years, D.No. 19-13-4/64, Lenin Nagar, Tirupathi, Chitoor District, now Tirupathi 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 FIR No. 492/2023 of Tirupathi East P.S., Tirupati, Chittoor District, now Tirupathi District dated 03- 11-2023 against the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 To 4 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 with the filing of the certified copy of FIR in Cr.
No. 492 of 2023 of Tirupathi East P.S., Chittoor District, Now Tirupati District 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 may be pleased to stay all further proceedings including the arrest of the Petitioners/Accused No. 1 to 4 in FIR No. 492/2023 of Tirupathi East P.S., Tirupati, Chittoor District, now Tirupathi District dated 03- 11-2023 and pass Counsel for the Petitioners: VENKATA DURGA RAO ANANTHA Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP)
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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1267 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 (A1 to A4), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.492 of 2023 of Tirupathi East P.S., Tirupati, Chittoor District for the offences punishable under sections 420,506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. At the stage of admission, this Court has not granted interim stay in respect of investigation of the criminal case. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of respondent- State, basing on the instructions, submits that the police have filed a charge sheet in FIR in Crime No.492 of 2023 of Tirupathi East P.S., Tirupati, Chittoor 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. 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: 16.09.2026 PVS
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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1267 of 2024
Date: 16.09.2026 PVS