APHC010299742019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3239] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5662/2019 Between: 1.K SRIKANTH, S/O K. PARASURAMULU, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, FOOD BUSINESS OPERATOR AND STORE MANAGER, M/S. AVENUE SUPERMARTS LIMITED, (D- MART), R/O D.NO. 22-4-60, REDDIGUNTA, KARAKAMBADI ROAD, TIRUPATHI RURAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 2.DILIP CHANDRASEKHAR,, NOMINEE OF M/S. AVENUE SUPERMARTS LIMITED, (D-MART), R/O D.NO. 22-4-60, REDDIGUNTA, KARAKAMBADI ROAD, TIRUPATHI RURAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 3.M/S. AVENUE SUPERMARTS LIMITED,, (D-MART), R/O D.NO. 22-4-60, REDDIGUNTA, KARAKAMBADI ROAD, TIRUPATHI RURAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY THE FOOD SAFETY OFFICER, DIV-I, 0/O THE ASST. FOOD CONTROLLER, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 2.SMT R LAKSHMI, PROPRIETRIX, M/S RACHANA MARKETING, B-40 ROAD NO.9, T.V.COLONY, RAMANTHAPUR, ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1.P BADRINATH Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 2 Crl.P.No.5662 of 2019 The Court made the following ORDER :- This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners/A.1 to A.3, under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash the proceedings in S.T.C No.2 of 2017 on the file of the Court of IV Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate Tirupathi. 2. Today, when the matter is taken up, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the main case itself has ended in acquittal vide judgment, dated 21.03.2023. A copy of the said judgment is also placed on record. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor fairly concedes the said fact. 3. In view of the above submissions and as no cause survives for adjudication in the present matter, the present Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ K.SURESH REDDY,J Dt. 27.02.2026 SAB 3 Crl.P.No.5662 of 2019 15 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.5662 OF 2019 Dt. 27.02.2026 SAB