APHC010040402026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY,THE NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 124/2026 Between: 1. THADIPARTHI GNANA SEKHAR REDDY, S/O NAGARJUNA REDDY, AGED 34 YEARSOCC ADVOCATE, R/O REPUDI VILLAGE, PHIRANGIPURAM MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, throughS.H.O., Phirangipuram Police Station, Guntur District, rep. by Public Prosecutor High Court, Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT Revision filed under Section 397/401 of CrPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the CriminalRevisionCase, the High Court may be pleased tothe above named petitioner present this Memorandum of Criminal Revision Case, having been aggrieved by the Order dt. 24-3-2025 passed in CrI.M.P.No. 3034/2022 in C.C.No. 357 of 2021 on the file of the II Addl. Civil Judge (Junior Division), Narsaraopet, for the following among other; IA NO: 1 OF 2026 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased pleased to condone the delay of 168 days in filing the above Criminal Revision Case against the Order dt. 24-3-2025 passed in CrI.M.P.No. 2 3034/2022 in C.C.No. 357 of 2021 on the file of the II Addl. Civil Judge (Junior Division), Narsaraopet, and to pass IA NO: 2 OF 2026 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings including the appearance of the petitioner in C.C.No. 357 of 2021 on the file of the II Addl. Civil Judge (Junior Division), Nasaraopet, pending disposal of the main Criminal Revision Case, and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. Y NARAPA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 124 of 2026 Order: This Criminal Revision Case, under Sections 397 and 401 Cr.P.C./ Sections 438 r/w 442 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’),, has been filed by the petitioner/accused challenging the order, dated 24.03.2025 passed in Crl.M.P.No.3034/2022 in C.C.No.257/2021 on the file of the learned II Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Narasaraopet. 2. This Criminal Revision Case is filed against the order dismissing the petition filed by the petitioner/accused seeking discharge from the charges. A perusal of the record discloses that the discharge petition was filed by the petitioner after framing of charges by the trial Court. On this ground alone, the petition is not maintainable. Further, the case pertains to an offence under Section 324 IPC. The material on record, particularly the statements of L.Ws.1 to 3, prima facie disclose that the petitioner assaulted them with a sharp-edged object and caused injuries. The only contention advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the case is one of case and counter, and that the petitioner himself is a victim, and therefore, the proceedings against him are liable to be quashed by discharging him from the case. This Court is not inclined to accept the said contention. Whether it is a case and counter and who is the aggressor are matters to be adjudicated during the course of trial 4 on appreciation of evidence, and the same cannot be a ground for discharge, particularly at this stage. In any event, as the discharge petition itself was filed after framing of charges, it is clearly not maintainable, apart from lacking merits. 3. Accordingly, the Criminal Revision Case is dismissed. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 09.02.2026 ARB 5 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 124/2026 Date: 09.02.2026 ARB