APHC010116052026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY,THE TWELFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1769/2026 Between: 1. PODALA MOHAN SAI, S/O LATE P. SANKAR RAO, AGED 36 YEARS, OCC. TYPIST IN PDM COURT NELLORE, R/O D.NO. 4-8- 148, SHADHI MANZIL STREET, NAZIR THOTA, NELLORE CITY, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Through Station House Officer, Kakumanu Police Station, Guntur District, A.P. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT 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 release the Petitioner/Accused. No. 4 on bail in Crime No. 90 of 2025, on the file of the Kakumanu Police Station, Guntur and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SHAIK AFZAL MOHAMMED Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the Petitioner / A.4 seeking to release him on bail in connection with Crime No.90 of 2025 of Kakumanu Police Station, Guntur District, which is registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4) of BNS, 2023 and Section 66-D of ITA- 2000- 2008. When the matter is taken up, learned counsel for the Petitioner sought permission to withdraw the criminal petition by granting liberty to to the Petitioner to pursue his remedy by filing a quash petition. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor is in attendance. Considering the submissions made, this Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. Liberty is granted to the Petitioner to work out his remedy by filing a quash petition. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA 12.03.2026 Mjl/* 3 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION No. 1769 of 2026 12.03.2026 Mjl/*