APHC010145602021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2420/2021 Between: 1. DUTHALURI KRISHNAIAH CHOWDARY, S/O. LATE D. RAGHAVULU NAIDU HINDU, AGED ABOUT 82 YEARS, D.NO. 12-3, VAJJIREDDIPALLE, ODDEPALLE CHITTOOR DISTRICT ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. STATE OF AP, THROUGH S.H.O., P.S PIDUGURALLA TOWN, GUNTUR DISTRICT, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATHI. 2. BANAVATH GANGHDAR NAIK, S/O. VENKATESWARLU, CASTE. SUGALI (LAMBADI), RIO_ PIDUGURALLA TOWN, GUNTUR DISTRICT CELL NO. 9347039746 ...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 Courtto quash the FIR in Crime No. 168/2021, dated 31-03-2021 on the file of the Piduguralla Police Station, Guntur District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. KOPPARTHI SUMATHI SRK, J CrlP No.2420 of 2021 2 Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. RAMAKRISHNA AKURATHI 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., has been filed on behalf of the petitioner herein/A1 to quash the proceedings in Crime No.168 of 2021 of Piduguralla Town Police Station, Guntur District, registered for the offences under Section 420 and 506 IPC. 2. Today, when the matter came up for hearing, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, on written instructions, submits that the Sub Divisional Police Officer, Sattenapalli, vide orders dated 24.01.2022, referred the case as <Civil in Nature= and, in view of the same, nothing survives for adjudication in the Criminal Petition and the matter has become infructuous. 3. Recording the said submission, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ________________________ K. SREENIVASA REDDY, J. Date:24.03.2026 sj SRK, J CrlP No.2420 of 2021 3 77 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.2420 of 2021 Date:24.03.2026 sj