APHC010103902026 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: 1580/2026 Between: 1. DONTHIREDDY VERNA REDDY ALIAS SANKAR REDDY, S/O KOTI REDDY, AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS, R/O, PARK VILLAS, TADEPALLI MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, TADEPALLI POLICE STATION, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. PC V NAGARAJU, S/O. NOT KNOWN THE PETITIONER, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, OCC POLICER OFFICER, TADEPALLI, GUNTUR 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 Quash the FIR No. 101 of 2026 dated 05.02.2026 on the file of Tadepalli Police Station, Guntur District., and all proceedings arising there from against the Petitioner herein 2 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 filing of the certified copy of the FIR No. 101 of 2026 dated 05.02.2026 on the file of Tadepalli Police Station, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, in the interests of justice 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 grant stay all further proceedings in FIR No. 101 of 2026 dated 05.02.2026 on the file of Tadepalli Police Station, Guntur District., including any investigation or arrest of the Petitioner, as the Petitioner would otherwise suffer irreparable loss and injury and the very purpose of filing this quash petition would be defeated Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. PAPUDIPPU SASHIDAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. SURESH REDDY Criminal Petition No: 1580 OF 2026 COMMON ORDER: The present Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.101 of 2026 of Tadepalli Police Station, Guntur District registered for the offence punishable under Sections 125, 285, 126(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 32 of the Police Act, 1861. 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: 1580 of 2026 Date: 26.02.2026 PSA