APHC010709272025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] FRIDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13485/2025 Between: 1. V SREENIVASULU REDDY, S/O. V. RAMACHANDRA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS, OCC RETIRED EMPLOYEE,R/O. D.NO.18-3-60/D27, SANTHI NAGAR, K.T. ROAD, TIRUPATI URBANCHITTOOR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH STATION HOUSE OFFICER,MR PALLI PS, TIRUPATI DISTRICTREP.BY ITS STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATI 2. KATURU SARADA, W/O. DINAKAR,AGE 68 YEARS, R/O. FLAT.NO.405, SRINILAYA RESIDENCYVIDYANAGAR COLONY, TIRUPATI RURAL MANDAL. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. DHEERA KANISHKA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court Made the Following Order: The instant petition under Section 528 of the BNSS has been filed by the Petitioner/Accused, seeking quashment of proceedings against him in C.C. No.699 of 2023 on the file of the learned III Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tirupati. 2. Heard Sri Dheera Kanishka, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent/State. 2 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petition may be disposed of with a direction to the concerned Court for expeditious disposal of C.C.No.699 of 2023 and by dispensing with the presence of the petitioner before the trial Court. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 5. Considering the submissions made, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. However, the concerned Magistrate Court is directed to dispose of the C.C.No.699 of 2023 in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible. In the light of the age of the petitioner, who is nearly 70 years old, the presence of the Petitioner herein before the trial Court is dispensed with, except on the specific dates as directed by the trial Court Pending applications, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date : 02.01.2026 Asr 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Crl.P.No.13485 of 2025 Dt.02.01.2026 Asr