APHC010125022026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY,THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2086/2026 Between: SADINENI SRIRAMULU, S/O RAMACHANDRA RAO,AGED ABOUT 75 YEARS,R/O SRIRAM NAGAR, 10 LANE,GUNTUR TOWN ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THE STATE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,MANGALAGIRI TOWN POLICE STATION,THROUGH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI 2. DASARI ISSAK, S/O SAMSON, AGED 36 YEARS,R/O D.NO. 11- 241/D, NEAR LUTHARAN CHURCH,OLD MANGALAGIRI, MANGALAGIRI TOWNGUNTUR DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: VENKATA DURGA RAO ANANTHA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.2086 of 2026 Dated 13.03.2026 The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.,’)/Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) seeking to quash proceedings against petitioner/Accused No.2 in C.C.No.1127 of 2025 (Crime No.366 of 2023 of Mangalagiri Town Police Station) on the file of the learned Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class-Cum-Civil Judge (Junior Division) Court, Mangalagiri, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Section 304-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity ‘the IPC’) and Sections 180, 181 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. Sri A. Venkata Durga Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the presence of the petitioner may be dispensed with in the course of trial as the petitioner is of extreme old age and prays for disposal of the Criminal Petition accordingly. 4. Ms. P. Akhila Naidu, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, reported no objection to dispensing with the presence of the petitioner before the learned Trial Court. 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.2086 of 2026 Dated 13.03.2026 5. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, this Criminal Petition is disposed of directing the learned Trial Court not to insist on the presence of the petitioner in C.C.No.1127 of 2025 (Crime No.366 of 2023 of Mangalagiri Town Police Station) on the file of the learned Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class-cum-Civil Judge (Junior Division), Mangalagiri, in view of the petitioner being aged about 75 years. The learned Trial Court shall proceed with the trial in accordance with law and pass appropriate orders and submit a report to the Registrar (Judicial). 6. In the result, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 13.03.2026 RSI 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.2086 of 2026 Dated 13.03.2026 111 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2086 of 2026 Date: 13.03.2026 RSI