APHC010016762026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 266/2026 Between: 1. SUSHANTA KUMAR MAHARANA, S/O KAMNAKARA MAHARANA, AGED 35 YEARS,R/O RATANI SAHI, POLASARA, GANJAM DISTRICT,STATE OF ODISHA. PIN. 761105. 2. AJAY NAYAK, S/O SHYAMSUNDAR NAYAK, AGED 48 YEARS,R/O PUDUGESWARAPALLI, ASIKA, GANJAM DISTRICT,STATE OF ODISHA. PIN. 761110. 3. LAXMI NAYAK, D/O HARIBANDHU NAYAK, W/O AJAY NAYAK,AGED 40 YEARS, R/O PUDUGESWARAPALLI, ASIKA,GANJAM DISTRICT, STATE OF ODISHA. PIN. 761110. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. DASARI RAMAKOTESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 266 of 2026 Order: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 437 and 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.’)/ Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 on bail in Cr.No.402 of 2025 of GRP Police Station, Visakhapatnam. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the Criminal Petition. 3. Permission is accorded. 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. 5. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 23.01.2026 ARB 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 266 of 2026 Date: 23.01.2026 ARB