APHC010155772025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3397/2025 Between: 1. C SUNDARESAN, S/O M.CHINNATHAMBI, (A1) AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, R/O D.NO 4-96, PEDHABANGARUNATHAM(POST) AND VILLAGE, KUPPAM MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 2. KUMERASH, S/O M.CHINNATHAMBI, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS, R/O D.NO 4-96, PEDHABANGARUNATHAM(POST) AND VILLAGE, KUPPAM MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP.BY SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KUPPAM UPS, THROUGH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (COMPLAINANT) 2. C KRISHNAIAH, /O LATE CHINNARAJ,(DEFACTO COMPLAINANT) AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, R/O D.NO 4-96, PEDHABANGARUNATHAM(POST) AND VILLAGE, KUPPAM MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): KODE RAMESH BABU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.3397 of 2025 Dated 24.02.2026 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 petitioners/Accused in C.C.No.646 of 2022 (Crime No.276 of 2022 of Kuppam Police Station) on the file of the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kuppam, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 448, 323, 427 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity ‘the IPC’). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. Sri Kode Ramesh Babu, learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the presence of the petitioners may be dispensed with in the course of trial and prays for disposal of the Criminal Petition accordingly. 4. Mr. A. Sai Rohith, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, reported no objection to dispensing with the presence of the petitioners before the learned Trial Court. 5. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. The personal presence of the petitioners/Accused 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.3397 of 2025 Dated 24.02.2026 shall stand dispensed with in C.C. No. 646 of 2022 (Crime No. 276 of 2022 of Kuppam Police Station) on the file of the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kuppam, except on such dates as may be specifically directed by the learned Trial Court. 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: 24.02.2026 RSI 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.3397 of 2025 Dated 24.02.2026 207 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3397 of 2025 Date: 24.02.2026 RSI