APHC010007072026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY,THE EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 120/2026 Between: 1. NOSSAM SHAIK MOHD IRSHAN, S/O. NOSSAM SHAIK ALTAF AHMED,AGED 37 YEARS, R/O. D.NO.23/180, SUNDARACHARULA STREET,PRODDUTUR TOWN, KADAPA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF A.PAMARAVATHI. 2. MOHD MUBEEN UR RAHIMAN, S/O. MOHD. SHAFI-UR- RAHIMAN,AGED 48 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS,R/O. D.NO.6-6-107, MOHRIN MOHALLA AREA,GADWALA TOWN, GADWALA DISTRICT,TELENGANA. ...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 Courtpleased to Quash the C.C.No.01 of 2019 On the file of the II Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kurnool in so far as the petitioner concerned and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2026 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 stay of all further proceedings in C.C.No.01 of 2019 on the file of the II Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kurnool, including appearance of the petitioner, pending disposal of the above criminal petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. N ASWARTHA NARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 120/2026 The Court made the following Order: The instant criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C’)/under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the petitioner/Accused No.4, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against him in C.C No.1 of 2019 on the file of the learned II Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kurnool under Sections 420 r/w. 34 IPC. 2. Heard Sri N.Aswartha Narayana, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner herein is an employer of the agency and he has no knowledge about any cheating and no allegations are attributed against him. Learned counsel for the petitioner would further submit that the petition may be disposed of, dispensing the presence of the petitioner before the Trial Court. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 5. Considering the submissions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. However, the presence of the petitioner/Accused No.4, before the Trial Court is dispensed with, unless his presence is specifically directed by the Trial Court. The petitioner is at liberty to raise all the contentions which are raised in the present petition in his defence before the Trial Court. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:08.01.2026 Ksj