APHC010409172024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WEDNESDAY, THE 23rd DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6573 OF 2024 Between: 1. KATAKAM SURENDRA BABU, S/o Chalapathi Rao, Aged about 40 years, Nelakuru Village, Machilipatnam Mandal, Krishna District. 2. Lingisetti Kishore, S/o Aged about 41 years, Machilipatanma, Machilipatanma Mandal, Krishna District. ...Petitioners AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, at Amaravati. 2. Revathi Manuboina, W/o Srinivasa Rao, Aged about 37 years, R/o H.No. 71/d, Railway Quarters, Machilipatnama Mandal Krishna District. Phone No. 7981778077. ...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 against the petitioner in Crime. No. 137 of 2024 on the file of Machilipatnam 2 Town Police Station, Krishna District being in abuse of process of law and Court and pass 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 stay all further proceedings in Crime. No. 137 of 2024 on the file of Machilipatnam Town Police Station, Krishna District, and pass Counsel for the Petitioners: SIVAPRASAD REDDY VENATI Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6573 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 & A3), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.137 of 2024 of Machilipatnam Town Police Station, Krishna District. 2. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, 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.137 of 2024 of Machilipatnam Town Police Station, Krishna District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate. 3. 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. 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: 23.09.2026 PSA 4 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6573 of 2024 Date: 23.09.2026 PSA