APHC010080202023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] TUESDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.1286 OF 2023 Between: Vempati Narasimha Sastry ...PETITIONER/A1 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh and another ...RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/A1: 1. P DURGA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents/Complainant(S): 1. MAHADEVA KANTHRIGALA 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., has been filed on behalf of the petitioner herein/A1 to quash the proceedings in Crime No.241 of 2022 of Peravalli Police Station, East Godavari district, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 354, 395 IPC and under Sections 3(2)(v) and SRK, J CrlP No.1286 of 2023 2 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. 2. Today, when the matter came up for hearing, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, on written instructions, submits that in the above crime the police have conducted investigation and filed charge sheet and, in view of the same, nothing survives for adjudication in the Criminal Petition and the matter has become infructuous. 3. Recording the said submission, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous. However, the petitioner is at liberty to challenge the charge sheet, if he is so advised. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ________________________ K. SREENIVASA REDDY, J. Date:31.03.2026 Nsr SRK, J CrlP No.1286 of 2023 3 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.1286 of 2023 Date:31.03.2026 Nsr