APHC010323162021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5055/2021 Between: 1. CHAPARA VENUGOPAL,, S/O LATE CHINNABABU, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, OCC PVT. EMPLOYEE, R/O D.NO. 12-4/E, CHAMANTHI NAGAR, KASIBUGGA TOWN, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. CHAVALA KRISHNA RAO, S/O SUBBAYYA, AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, OCC ADVOCATE, R/O VELAMA STREET, BOBBILI TOWN AND MANDAL, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT. 2. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI. ...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 Court pleased to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused No.1 in C.C. No. 340/2021 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Palasa, Srikakulam District and 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 stay all further proceedings against the petitioner/accused in Cr. No. C.C. No. 340/2021 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Palasa, Srikakulam District and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. D PURNACHANDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 2. The Court made the following: ORDER: When the matter was taken up for hearing, none appeared on behalf of the petitioner/accused and respondent No.1. The present petition was filed in the year 2021, seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused No.1 C.C.No.340 of 2021 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Palasa, Srikakulam District and the matter has been pending for the past four to five years. In that view, since there is no representation on behalf of the petitioner, this Criminal Petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. Consequently, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ DR. Y.LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 27.02.2026. JLSR