APHC010172112026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY,THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2538/2026 Between: KRISHNA MALLIKONDA, S/O MALLIKONDA NARAYANA AGED 45 YEARS, R/O. TANAKANTIVARI PALLI VILLAGE THAMBALLAPALLI TALUK, MULAKALACHERUVU MANDAL, ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT 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 direct the Station House Officer, Mulakalacheruvu Police Station, Annamayya District to release the Petitioner/Accused on bail in the event of his arrest in connection with Cr. No. 34/2026 of Mulakalacheruvu Police Station, Annamayya District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.D PURNACHANDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2538/2026 ORDER: When the matter is taken up for hearing, Sri D.Purna Chandra Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Criminal Petition. 2. Permission is accorded. 3. Mrs. K. Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, appears on behalf of the State and is in attendance. 4. In view of the above, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. However, since the offence alleged against the petitioner is Section 118(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the police shall follow the procedure prescribed under Section 35 (3) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, [Section 41-A Cr.P.C] and the guidelines laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar1. Consequently, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________________________ DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 09.04.2026 SAB 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273 3 53 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2538/2026 Dt.09.04.2026 SAB