APHC010461122021 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: 6734/2021 Between: 1. KANDASWAMY NEELAKANDAN, S/O. K. NEELAKANDAN, AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, OCC PRIVATE EMPLOYEE, R/ O. NO. 72, SENGUNTHAR STREET, SHOLIONGER TOWN, RANIPETTAI DISTRICT, TAMILNADU. 2. K. NEELAKANDAN, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS, R/O. NO. 72, SENGUNTHAR STREET, SHOLIONGER TOWN, RANIPETTAI DISTRICT, TAMILNADU. 3. KRISHNAVENI, W/O. K. NEELAKANDAN, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, OCC HOUSE WIFE, R/O. 72, SENGUNTHAR STREET, SHOLIONGER TOWN, RANIPETTAI DISTRICT, TAMILNADU. 4. LAKSHMIPATHI, S/O. P. MURUGESAN, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS, R/O. NO. 27, VOTHAVADAI STREET, PILLANCHI, SHOLINGUR TOWN, RANIPETTAI DISTRICT, TAMILNADU. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. SMT P SUDHA, D/O. P. VISWANATHAM, AGED ABOUT 36, OCC HOUSEWIFE, R/O. KANCHUKOTA STREET, PAPANAIDUPETA VILLAGE, YERPEDU MANDAL, CHITTOOR DIST. 2. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AT AMARAVATHI. ...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 may be pleased to Quash the proceedings in CC. No. 422 of 2020 on the file of the Court of Hon'ble Addl. Junior Civil Judge, Srikalahasti, Chittoor District which is arising out of Crime No. 157 of 2019 of Yerpedu Police Station, and to pass such 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 may be pleased to stay of al further proceedings including appearance of the petitioners in CC. No. 422 of 2020 on the file of the Court of Hon'ble Addl. Junior Civil Judge, Srikalahsti, Chittoor District which is arising out of Crime No. 157 of 2019 of Yerpedu Police Station, and to pass such Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): R CHANDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. BAGGI VENKATA PAVAN KUMAR 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3. LEGAL AID The Court made the following: ORDER: Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.,’) by the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4, seeking to quash the proceedings against Petitioner/Accused in C.C.No.422 of 2020 on the file of learned Additional Junior Civil Judge, Srikalahasti, Chittoor District. 2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, there is no representation for the petitioner. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel appearing for Respondent No.2 and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that the learned Trial Court has given summons to the accused/petitioners under Section 313 of ‘the Cr.P.C’. 4. In view of the same, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the petitioner to continue to contest the Calendar Case, inasmuch as the prosecution has already adduced all its evidence through the witnesses. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, interlocutory applications, if any pending, shall stand closed. ________________________ Dr. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date:27.02.2026 JLSR