APHC010161402021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY,THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2602/2021 Between: 1. KATIKA RAMANJANEYULU @ GOLLA RAMANJANEYULU,, S/O. LATE K. RAMAPPA, AGED ABOUT 58YEARS, OCC- SARPANCH. 2. KATEKA DEVIRAMMA @ KATIKA ERAKKA,, W/O. K.RAMANJ NEYULU, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, 3. KATIKA MAMATHA, , W/O. K. RAMANJANEYULU, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, 4. CHIKKA NAGANNA,, S/O. K. RAMAPPA, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS. 5. KURABA RAGHAVENDRA,, S/O. LATE K. NAGANNA, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS. IPARS PALLI VILLAGE, KABHADUR MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. 6. KURABA NARASIMHULU, S/O. K. NARASIMHAPPA, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS. IPARS PALLI VILLAGE, KABHADUR MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. 7. E. GOVIND, S/O. E.VANNURAPPA, AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS. P. CHERLOPALLI VILLAGE, KABHADUR MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. 8. YADAVA SHIVA PARASAD@KATIKA SHIVA,, S/O. LATE KATIKA NAGANNA, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS 9. K. BHASKAR,, S/O. K.BOJANNA, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS. IPARS PALLI VILLAGE, KABHADUR MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMAU DISTRICT 2 10.K.NAGASHIVA, S/O. K. CHINNA NAGANNA, ABOUT 25 YEARS. 11.ERUKALA SUVARNAMMA, , W/O.LATE ERAPPA, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS. 12.M.GOPAL,, S/O. M. MALLAPPA, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS. 13.KATIKA GOPAL,, S/O. K. RAMANNA, AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS. 14.G. CHANDRAMOHAN,, S/O. G. CHIKKA ERAPPA. AGED ABOUT 26 YEARS. 15.KATIKA ERANNA,, S/O. K. RAMAPPA, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS. 16.YADAVA SRIKANTH @ KATIKA SRIKANTH,, S/O. LATE KATIKA NAGANNA, AGED ABOUT 33YEARS. 17.KATIKA VIJAYALAKSHMI,, W/O. G. RAJAGOPAL, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/O.JUMMAGUMPALLA VILLAGE, KURDURPI MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. (ALL THE PETITIONERS ARE R/O. GOLLAPALLI VILLAGE, KAMBADUR MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMAU DISTRICT EXCEPT THE PETITIONERS NO.5, 6, 7, 9 AND 17) ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH STATION HOUSE OFFICER, ALLAGADDA P.S., KURNOOL DISTRICT, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF A.P., AMARAVATHI. 2.KURABA PALASAM VENKATESULU, S/O. P.CHANDRAPPA, AGE 46 YEARS, IPARSPALLI VILLAGE, KAMBADUR MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1.PILLIX LAW FIRM Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 3 ORDER: Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. No representation for Respondent No.2. 2. The Petitioners, who are seventeen in number, have challenged the F.I.R.No.103 of 2021 on the file of Kambadur Police Station, Ananthapuramu District which was registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 324, 307 read with 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, upon instructions, submits that the Investigating Officer has conducted a thorough investigation and filed a chargesheet. It is further submitted that committal proceedings have already been taken place and the matter is presently pending before the Court of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Ananthapuramu. Earlier, the case was pending before the Court of the Principal Senior Civil Judge-cum-Assistant Sessions Judge, Ananthapuramu, in Sessions Case No.196 of 2024. 4. Be that as it may, the Petitioners have an efficacious alternative remedy of filing appropriate applications under Section 239 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking their discharge, if so advised. It is pertinent to note that nearly four years have elapsed, but no application has been filed seeking amendment of the Criminal Petition. 4 5. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the Petitioners to approach the learned Trial Court for appropriate relief, in accordance with law, if so advised. As a sequel, interlocutory applications, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ Dr. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Dated: 28.01.2026 VTS