APHC010211642025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE 12th DAY OF OCTOBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4509 OF 2025 Between: 1. ABDUL GAFFAR, S/o Hameed, aged about 39 years, R/o D.No.5/62, 6th ward, Pedana Town, Yanamalakuduru, Krishna Distriet. 2. Mohammad Ruqaya,, W/o Mohammad Rafeek, Aged about 45 years, R/o D.No.5/62, 6th ward, Pedana Town, Yanamalakuduru, Krishna District. 3. Umme Asma,, W/o Abdul Gaffar, Aged about 34 years, R/o D.No.5/62, 6th ward, Pedana Town, Yanamalakuduru, Krishna Distriet. 4. Sofiya Kausar,, S/o Abdul Gaffar, Aged about 13 years, R/o D.No.5/62, 6th ward, Pedana Town, Yanamalakuduru, Krishna District. (Being a minor Rep. by her guardian, Abdul Gaffar) ...Petitioners AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, , Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi, Nelapadu, Guntur Distriet. 2. Kancharla Manoj, , S/o Unknown to the Petitioners, Aged about 27 years, R/o 6th Ward Pedana Town, Pedana Mandal, Krishna 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 Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings in Crime in FIR No.75 of 2025 on the file of the Pedana Police Station, Krishna District and pass such 2 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 in filing the certified copy of FIR No.75 of 2025 on the file of the Pedana Police Station, Krishna District and pass such 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 the stay of arrest of the petitioners herein, in Crime in FIR No.75 of 2025 on the file of the Pedana Police Station, Krishna District, pending disposal of the Criminal Petition and pass such Counsel for the Petitioners: AKULA SRI KRISHNA SAI BHARGAV Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION No: 4509 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 4), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.75 of 2025 of Pedana Police Station, Krishna District. 2. 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.75 of 2025 of Pedana 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, if so advised. 4. 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: 12.10.2026 PSA 4 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4509 of 2025 Date: 12.10.2026 PSA