APHC010102762026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3239] THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1560/2026 Between: 1. GUGGILAM SAI KUMAR,, S/O SRINIVASA RAO, AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS, D. NO. 75-11-147,KARAKATTA NORTH, BHAVANIPURAM, N.T.R DISTRICT. 2. GADU GANESH @ KODI,, S/O ERRAYYA, AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS, D. NO. 75-11-84, KARAKATTA NORTH, BHAVANIPURAM, N.T.R DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY SHO, BHAVANIPURAM POLICE STATION, THROUGH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATI. 2. MANDAVA SRIKANTH, S/O PRATAP, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS, D.NO. 76-11-1, BHAVANIPURAM, N.T.R DISTRICT. ...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 pleased to call for the records in the impugned F.I.R .No.67/2026 2 on the file of Bhavanipuram Police Station and quash the same in so far as the Petitioners/Accused Nos. 2 and 4 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 to dispense with the copy of FIR No.67/2026 , Dt. 14-02-2026,on the file of the Bhavanipuram Police Station in the above Criminal petition 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 further proceedings in F.I.R No. 67/2026 Dated 14-02- 2026 on the file of Bhavanipuram Police Station including the appearance of the Petitioners/Accused Nos. 2 and 4 pending disposal of the above criminal petition Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. MANUBROLU SRINIVASA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. SURESH REDDY Criminal Petition No: 1560 OF 2026 COMMON ORDER: The present Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.67 of 2026 of Bhavanipuram Police Station, NTR District registered for the offence punishable under Sections 292, 125 and 126 (2) read with Section 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the State states that all 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 As a sequel thereto, the interlocutory applications, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY Dated: 26.02.2026 PSA 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1560 of 2026 Date: 26.02.2026 PSA