APHC010214542021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3484/2021 Between: 1. VAKUMULLA GOVINDA RAO, S/O. LATE DASU, AGED 72 YEARS, OCC. RETIRED EMPLOYEE, R/O. D.NO.5-525, PALAKONDA ROAD, RAJAM MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, RAJAM P.S. REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATI. 2. THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER, RAJAM NAGARA PANCHAYATI, RAJAM, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT ...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 Courtpleased to quash the entire proceedings in Crime No.64/2021 of Rajam P.S. Srikakulam District and to pass IA NO: 1 OF 2021 Petition under Section 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 Court may be pleased to dispense with the filing the certified copy of the FIR in Crime No. 64 /2021 of Rajam Police Station, Srikakulam District and pass IA NO: 2 OF 2021 Petition under Section 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 Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings in crime No.64 of 202 of Rajam P.S. and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. RAMAKRISHNA AKURATHI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3484/2021 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 in Crime No.64/2021 of Rajam Police Station, Srikakulam District, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Section 447 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity, ‘the IPC’). 2. Sri Akurathi Rama Krishna, learned counsel for the petitioner, would submit that no further orders are required in this matter, as the petitioner has died, and accordingly prayed that the petition may be disposed of. 3. In that view, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as abated. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO Date 23.01.2026 KKV