APHC010623742025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12012/2025 Between: Turapati Sri Devi and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. M P V N V SASTRI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity 'the Cr.P.C.,’)/Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) seeking to quash the proceedings against the Petitioners/Accused Nos. 18 and 19 in P.R.C.No.10 of 2018 of the learned IV Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division)- Cum-Special Judicial Magistrate of First Class (Excise), Eluru. 2 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. As seen from the record, the Investigating Officer has filed a charge sheet against all the accused except the present petitioners, showing them as absconding, with a note that a separate charge sheet would be filed against them. Subsequently, the petitioners were arrested and enlarged on bail. However, no charge sheet has yet been filed against the petitioners. 4. Therefore, the criminal petition is disposed of with a direction to the Investigating Officer to expedite the investigation against the petitioners, if it is still pending, and to file the charge sheet within a period of two (02) months. No order as to costs. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 23.01.2026 KMS 3 102 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12012 of 2025 Date: 23.01.2026 KMS