APHC010099892026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1529/2026 Between: 1. VARDHANEEDU PRABHAKAR YOGI, S/O VARDHANEEDU SURYA RAO,AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, OCC SOURA PEETADHIPATHI,R/O 1-124/1, JODUGULLAPALEM, VISALAKSHINAGAR,VISAKHAPATNAM URBAN PO,VISALAKSHINAGAR, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT,ANDHRA PRADESH- 530043 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI. 2. MOSYA CHITTI BABU, S/O GASANNA,AGED 57 YEARS, OCC FOREST SECTION OFFICER,R/O CHAITANYA NAGAR, MADDILAPALEM,VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH ...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 Court 2 may be pleased to quash the FlR.No.47/2026 at Arilova Police Station dated 13-02-2026, against the petitioner herein 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 may be pleased to dispense with filing of certified copy of FlR.No.47/2026 at Arilova Police Station dated 13-02-2026 and pass IA NO: 2 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 to stay all proceedings against the petitioner herein in connection with FIR.No.47/2026 at Arilova Police Station dated 13-02-2026, including his arrest and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. DIVYA DOKKA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. SURESH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO:1529 of 2026 The Court made the following Order: The present Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.47 of 2026 at Arilova Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate District registered for the offence punishable under Sections 132 and 351(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. Smt. P.Akhila Naidu, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the State states that both the offences in the case are punishable with less than seven (07) years. 3. In view of the said submission, Criminal Petition is disposed of directing the respondent police to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 equivalent to Section 41A Cr.P.C., scrupulously as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and another1. 4. Accordingly, Criminal Petition is disposed of at the admission stage. No order as to costs. 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273 4 Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY Dated: 25.02.2026 PSA 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1529 of 2026 Date: 25.02.2026 PSA