APHC010213252021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3595/2021 Between: Pulivarthi Ramesh, and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. G VENKATA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 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 the proceedings against the petitioners/Accused Nos.2, 4 and 7 in Crime No.270 of 2019 on the file of Kothapet Police Station, Guntur Urban, Guntur District, for the alleged offences punishable under Section 306 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity ‘the I.P.C’). 2 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that, after thorough investigation, a charge sheet was filed on 20.03.2020. By this time, much water has flowed under the bridge, inasmuch as nearly five years have elapsed. It is submitted that the petitioner has an efficacious remedy to file an appropriate application before the learned jurisdictional Sessions Judge seeking discharge, if so advised, provided the charges have not yet been framed. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the petitioners to approach the learned jurisdictional Sessions Judge for appropriate relief in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ Dr.Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J. Date: 27.01.2026 KMS 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3595/2021 Date: 27.01.2026 KMS 166