APHC010258142021 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: 4171/2021 Between: Rachakatla Kavitha Priya ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. M SOLOMON RAJU 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 No.6 in C.C.No.485 of 2021 of the learned IV Additional Judicial Civil Judge cum Judicial First Class Magistrate, Tirupathi. 2 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. It is brought to the notice of this Court by the learned counsel for the petitioner that a learned Single Judge of this Court, in Crl.P. No.2707 of 2021, by order dated 06.11.2023, quashed the proceedings in C.C. No.485 of 2021 insofar as Accused Nos.4 and 5 are concerned. Another learned Single Judge of this Court, in Crl.P. No.6198 of 2021, quashed the proceedings in C.C. No.485 of 2021 insofar as Accused Nos.1 to 3 are concerned. 4. The petitioner in the present case, who is Accused No.6, is a friend of Accused No.1. In view of the quashment of the proceedings against the main accused, namely Accused Nos.1 to 3, there is no justification in continuing the proceedings against Accused No.6. 5. In view of the above, the Criminal Petition is allowed, quashing the proceedings in C.C. No.485 of 2021 on the file of the learned IV Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial First Class Magistrate, Tirupathi. 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: 4171/2021 Date: 27.01.2026 KMS 164