APHC010008552026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 237/2026 Between: TALLURI SURYA KUMARI, W/O. SRINIVASA RAO, AGED 47 YEARS,OCC HOUSEWIFE, R/O. D.NO.2-20-15,RAMA KOTAMMA STREET,RAMARAOPETA, TADEPALLIGUDEM,WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. - 534101 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, ,REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTORHIGH COURT OF AP AT AMARAVATI. 2. SAMAROTHU SAI GOPINATH, ,S/O. SRINIVASA RAO,R/O. D.NO.8-5- 17, 6TH LINE,NEHRU NAGAR, GUNTUR. - 522001. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: V SATYANARAYANA NEKKANTI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.237 of 2026 Dated 19.01.2026 The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity, “the Cr.P.C.”) / Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, „the BNSS‟) on the ground that no statutory notice was served on the petitioner/Accused by respondent No.2/complainant. Whether the notice was served or not is a matter of evidence, based on the documentary evidence produced by respondent No.2/complainant. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Criminal Petition may be disposed of with an order dispensing with the presence of the petitioner/Accused before the learned Trial Court. It is further submitted that the name of the husband of the petitioner/Accused was also not tallied. 3. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, dispensing with the presence of the petitioner/Accused, who is a lady, before the learned Principal Civil Judge (Junior Division), Guntur, except on the dates of requirement of the presence of the petitioner/Accused before the learned Trial Court at the relevant stages of the trial. 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.237 of 2026 Dated 19.01.2026 4. In the result, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 19.01.2026 RSI 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.237 of 2026 Dated 19.01.2026 14 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.237 of 2026 Date: 19.01.2026 RSI