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S HARINATH REDDY v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

CRLP/5939/2020 · 2026-02-09

Y Lakshmana Rao

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APHC010367492020 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5939/2020 Between: 1. S HARINATH REDDY, S/O. S. CHENNAKESAVA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, AGRICULTURIST, BALIJAPALLI H/O. KATARUPALLI VILLAGE, GANDLAPENTA MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. 2. S. CHENNAKESAVA REDDY,, S/O.RAMI REDDY, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, AGRICULTURIST, BALIJAPALLI H/O. KATARUPALLI VILLAGE, GANDLAPENTA MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT AT AMARAVATHI. 2. THE SUBDIVISIONAL MAGISTRATE AND REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, , I KADIRI, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. 3. THE TAHSILDAR, GANDLAPENTA, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. 4. S HYDERVALI, S/0. S. GOUSE SAB, AGE 48 YEARS, BALIJAPALLI H/O. KATARUPALLI VILLAGE, GANDLAPENTA MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. 5. G BABA FAKRUDDIN, S/O. G. ALLABAKASH, 1 AGE 47 YEARS, BALIJAPALLI H/O. KATARUPALLI VILLAGE,GANDLAPENTA MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. 6. P RESHMA, W/O. P. KHADAR BASHA, AGE 28 YEARS, BALIJAPALLI, KATARUPALLI VILLAGE, GANDLAPENTA MANDAL, 2 ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. 7. S SHANU, W/O. P. BABJAN, AGE 45 YEARS, BALIJAPALLI H/O. KATARUPALLI VILLAGE, GANDLAPENTA MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. 8. P SALMA, W/O. P. BABJAN, AGE 28 YEARS, BALIJAPALLI H/O. KATARUPALLI VILLAGE, GANDLAPENTA MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. M PRASADA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 3 ORDER: Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Code of Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.,’) by the Petitioners/Respondents in M.C.No.2 of 2020, seeking to quash the orders dated 19.11.2020 passed in M.C.No.2 of 2020 on the file of the learned Sub-Divisional Magistrate & Revenue Divisional Officer, Kadiri, Anantapuramu District issued under Section 147(3) of ‘the Cr.P.C.’ 2. Petitioner No.1/S.Harinath Reddy and Respondent No.4, have died, as submitted by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Therefore, the petition against Petitioner No.1 and Respondent No.4 is dismissed as abated. 3. Petitioner Nos.2 to 8 are present. It is submitted that the petitioners and the unofficial respondents are now living peacefully and that there are no subsisting land disputes between them. The matter has been compromised between the parties. 4. The Mandal Executive Officer/Tahsildar passed an order dated 19.11.2020 in M.C. No.2 of 2020 by invoking powers under Section 147(3) of ‘the Cr.P.C.,’ directing the ‘A’ and ‘B’ parties to maintain law and order and peace with respect to the disputed property. Indeed, the life span of the impugned order is six months only as per Section 144(4) of ‘the Cr.P.C.’ 5. In view of the submission that both parties are living peacefully and the matter has been amicably settled, nothing survives in this Criminal Petition for further adjudication. 4 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of as compromised. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________ Dr. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO,J Date: 10.02.2026 PRA 5 219 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5939 of 2020 Date: 10.02.2026 PRA