APHC010148142021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2551/2021 Between: YARRAGOLLA RAJA BABU,, S/O. MUTYALU. AGED 65 YEARS, RIO. CIOLLAPALLI, H/O.MOTAKATLA, SAMBEPALLIMANDAL, Y.S.R DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP., BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT BUILDINGS, AT AMARAVATHI. 2. THE TAHSILDARCUMMANDAL EXECUTIVE MAGISTRATE, SAMBEPALLIMANDAL, Y.S.R. DISTRICT 3. THE SUBINSPECTOR OF POLICE, , SAMBEPALLI. Y.S.R. DISTRICT 4. YARRAGOLLA NARSIMHULU, S/O. GANGANNA, AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 5. THOKA KRISHNAIAH, , S/O. GURRAIAH, AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 6. THOKA SUBBAIAH, , S/O. GURRAIAH, AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 7. THOKA VENKATARAMANA, S/O. ADDENNA, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 8. THOKA NARAYANA, S/O. GURRAIAH, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.2551 of 2021 Dated 19.02.2026 9. THOKA LAKSHMI DEVI, W/O. GOVINDU, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 10. VUSASREERAMULU, S/O. RAMANNA, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 11. THOKA MALLIKARJUNA, S/O. KRISHNAIAH, AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 12. SHAIK KHADAR BASHA, , S/O. KHASIM SAB, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 13. SHAIKKHAJA PEER, , S/O KHASIM SAB, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 14. SHAIK JABBAR, , S/O. M.AHABOOB SAB, AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 15. SHAIK NASIRUN, , W/O. IKBAL, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 16. SHAIK CHINNABASHU, SIB. KHASIM SAB, AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 17. VUSA AADI REDDY, S/O. KONDAIAH, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 18. VUSATIRUPAL, S/O. NARAYANA, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 19. VUSA PEDDA RAMULU, S/O. GANGANNA, AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 20. VUSACHINNARAMULU, S/O.GANGANNA, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 21. VUSA RAGHUNADHA, S/O.MUTYALU, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. 22. VUSA SREENIVASULU, S/O. RAMAIAH, AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, OCC- AGRICULTURE. THE RESPONDENTS NO.4 TO 22 ARE RESIDENTS OF MOTAKATLA, SAMBEPALLIMANDAL, Y.S.R DISTRICT. 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.2551 of 2021 Dated 19.02.2026 ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: V R REDDY KOVVURI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 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’) by the petitioner, seeking quashment of the proceedings in M.C.No.11 of 2021 dated 24.02.2021 on the file of the Mandal Executive Magistrate & Tahsildar, Sambepalle, Kadapa District. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the lifespan of the order passed under Section 145 of ‘the Cr.P.C.,’ by the Mandal Executive Magistrate & Tahsildar, Sambepalle, Kadapa District, has expired, as such an order can remain in force only for a period not exceeding six months as per Section 144(4) of ‘the Cr.P.C’. 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.2551 of 2021 Dated 19.02.2026 4. In view of the above, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 19.02.2026 RSI 5 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.2551 of 2021 Dated 19.02.2026 40 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2551 of 2021 Date: 19.02.2026 RSI