APHC010178112021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2965/2021 Between: VAKA VENKATESWARA RAO, S/O. VAKA SAMBAIA, AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS, R/O.D.NO. 74-24-30A, KAKATHIYA BAZAR, ASHOK NAGAR, PATAMATA, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATI. 2. AALA VENKATESWARAMMA, W/O. BOLLAIAH, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, R/O. POTHURU VILLAGE, WARD NO.58, GUNTUR MUNICIPALITY, GUNTUR. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: V ROOPESH KUMAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.2965 of 2021 Dated 29.01.2026 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 the proceedings against the Petitioner/Accused No.1 in Cr.No.99 of 2020 on the file of the Nagaram Police Station, Guntur District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 302 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity, ‘the IPC’). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. As seen from the record, the charge sheet has been filed after a thorough investigation. No amendment was brought to the petition to challenge the charge sheet. No notice has been taken on respondent No.2 even after five years. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Criminal Petition may be disposed of, granting liberty to the petitioner to challenge the charge sheet. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the petitioner to challenge the charge sheet if so advised. 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.2965 of 2021 Dated 29.01.2026 As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 29.01.2026 PRA 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.2965 of 2021 Dated 29.01.2026 49 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2965 of 2021 Date:29.01.2026 PRA