APHC010409392022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6242/2022 Between: 1.KATAKAM MALLAIAH, S/O. PULLAIAH, AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS, R/O D. NO. 5-4-102/4, PAKABANDA BAZAR, NEAR GANESH TEMPLE, KHAMMAM URBAN, KHAMMAM DISTRICT, TELANGANA. 2.KATAKAM GOPAL, S/O MALLAIAH, AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, OCC. PRIVATE EMPLOYEE, R/O D. NO. 116, BASAVAKRUPA, GROUND FLOOR, BEHIND ST. JHONS SCHOOL, COFFEE BOARD LAYOUT, MARIYANNA PALYA, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA STATE. 3.KATAKAM JAYASREE, W/O GOPAL, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, R/O D. NO. 116, BASAVAKRUPA, GROUND FLOOR, BEHIND ST. JHONS SCHOOL, COFFEE BOARD LAYOUT, MARIYANNA PALYA, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA STATE. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATI AT NELAPADU 2.KATAKAM SEETA, W/O VENKANNA, AGED ABOUT 24 YEARS, R/O D.NO. 2-24, KANNEVEEDU VILLAGE, VATSAVAI MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 2 1.DASARI S V V S V PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1.CHALLA AJAY KUMAR 2.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: ORDER: No representation for the Petitioners. Sri A.Sai Rohith, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, on instructions, submits that in the present matter, a chargesheet has already been laid in C.C.No.345 of 2024 on the file of the learned Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Jaggaiahpeta. Considering that two years have elapsed since the filing of the chargesheet and the Petitioners have not sought amendment of the prayer, it appears that the Petitioners are either not interested in prosecuting the matter or that the parties may have arrived at a settlement before the learned Trial Court. In that view of the matter, the Criminal Petition is disposed of with liberty to the Petitioners to challenge the chargesheet, if they are so advised, and if the same is still pending consideration before the learned Trial Court. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, interlocutory applications, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ Dr. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Dt: 09.02.2026 3 VTS