APHC010724292025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 66/2026 Between: 1. AVULA VENKATESH ALIAS KONDALU, S/O ANKAIAH, AGE 50 YRS, RAMAPURAM VILLAGE, VETAPALEM MANDAL. 2. PONNAPUDI CHINA MASTAN, (A2), S/O PEDDA MASTHAN, AGED 52 YRS, 3. BASAMGARI ANKAIAH, (A5), S/O GOVINDU, AGE 31 YRS. 4. VAYALA CHIRANGEEVI, (A6), S/O POTHU RAJU, AGE 38 YRS. 5. PONNAPUDI KHAJA, (A7), S/O MASTHAN, AGE 36 YRS. 6. PONNAPUDI VIJAY KUMAR, (A8), S/O CHINA MASTHAN, AGE 29 YRS, 7. AVULA TIRUMALA RAO, (A9), S/O GOVINDU, AGE 38 YRS. 8. KONDURI YEDUKONDALU, (ALL), S/O VENKATESWARULU, AGE 55 YRS. 9. AVULA YEDUKONDALU, (A12), S/O KANAKAIAH, AGE 52 YRS. 10. PRALAYAKAVERI @ PALLEKARI BABU, (A13), S/O ANKAIAH, AGE 20 YRS. 11. CHINTAMGARI RAMU, (A14), S/O VENKATESWARULU, AGE 40 YRS. 12. KODURI @ KONDURI JALAIAH, (A15), S/O SRINU, AGE 26 YRS, 13. AVULA JAKRAIAH, (A16), S/O MOJESH, AGE 20 YRS, 2 14. KATARI YESU @ YESAIAH, (A18), S/O RAMULU, AGE 23 YRS, 15. AVULA NAGARJUNA, (A19), S/O YEDUKONDALU @ VENKATESH, AGE 19 YRS. 16. AVULA TIRUPATHI RAO, (A20), S/O SRINU, AGE 21 YRS. 17. AVULA YANADHI, (A21), S/O GOVINDU, AGE 38 YRS 18. KONDURI GOVINDU, (A22), S/O PAPAIAH, AGE 60 YRS 19. VAYALA GARATAIAH, (A23), S/O YEDUKONDALU, AGE 32 YRS. 20. KURRU TIRUPATHI RAO, (A24), S/O SRINIVASA RAO, AGE 37 YRS 21. KONDURI JALAIAH, (A26), S/O RAMULU, AGE 30 YRS 22. VAYALA SURESH, (A27), S/O SARDHAR, AGE 35 YRS. 23. AVULA JALI REDDY, (A28), S/O SRINU, AGE 28 YRS. 24. BASAMGARI TATA RAO, (A29), S/O GOVINDU, AGE 20 YRS. 25. AVULA SAI KRISHNA, (A30), S/O SRINU, AGE 23 YRS. 26. VAYALA VASU, (A31), S/O CHINNA VENKATESWARULU, AGE 26 YRS 27. KATARI RAMULU, (A32), S/O VENKATESWARULU, AGE 43 YRS, 28. AVULA NAGARJUNA, (A33), S/O GOVINDU, AGE 20 YRS 29. CHINTHAMGARI KONDAIAH, (A34), S/O SOMAIAH, AGE 57 YRS, 30. AVULA RAVI, (A35), S/O YANADHI, AGE 25 YRS. 31. PRALAYAKAVERI ALIAS PALLEKARI DANIYEL, (A36), S/O JALAIAH, AGE 29 YRS. 32. KURRU VENKATESH, (A37), S/O SREENU, AGE 37 YRS. 33. VAYALA BRAHMAIAH, (A39), S/O CHINNA NAGULU ALIAS CHINNA NAGOOR, AGE 35 YRS. 34. KUMMRI IMMANUEL, (A40), S/O ISRAYELU, AGE 42 YRS. 35. KATARI KALYAN, (A41), S/O YADAGIRI, AGE 24 YRS. 3 36. KONDURI YEDUKONDALU, (A42), S/O MOODAVA NARASIMHAM, AGE 43 YRS. 37. . AVULA TATAIAH, (A43), S/O MEERAIAH, AGE 40 YRS 38. KATARI YADAGIRI, (A44), S/O NARASIMHAM, AGE 48 YRS 39. CHIMTAMGARI GOVINDA RAO, (A45), S/O KONDAIAH, AGE 35 YRS. 40. KURRU POLAIAH, (A46), S/O THIRUMALA RAO, AGE 24 YRS. 41. AVULA NARAYANA, (A47), S/O YEDUKONDALU, AGE 25 YRS. 42. AVULA YEDUKONDALU, (A48), S/O POTTAIAH, AGE 60 YRS, 43. KURRU TIRUMALA RAO, (A49), S/O CHENCHIAH, AGE 50 YRS, 44. PRALAYAKAVERI ALIAS PALLEKARI VENKAIAH ALIAS ANKAIAH, (A50), S/O ANKAIAH, AGE 50 YRS, 45. PRALAYAKAVERI ALIAS PALLEKARI CHINNA, (A51), S/O ANKAIAH, AGE 25 YRS. 46. AVULA ALIVELAMMA ALIAS ALIVELU, (A52), W/O YEDUKONDALU, AGE 38 YRS. 47. AVULA PADMA, (A53), W/O VENKATESWARLU, AGE 39 YRS 48. VAYALA MASTANAMMA, (A54), W/O BHIMAIAH, AGE 25 YRS. 49. PRALAYAKAVERI @ PALLEKARI ANJAMMA, (A55), W/O SURESH, AGE 30 YRS. 50. KONDURI KUMARI, (A56), W/O JALAIAH, AGE 28 YRS. 51. VAYALA LAKSHMI, (A57), W/O JALAIAH, AGE 35 YRS 52. AVULA NARASAMMA, (A58), W/O GOVINDU, AGE 36 YRS. 53. KATARI VENKATAMMA, (A59), W/O NARASIMHA, AGE 47 YRS. 54. VAYALA TIRUPATAMMA, (A60), W/O JALAIAH, AGE 45 YRS. 55. VAYALA KRISHNAMMA, (A61), W/O VENKATESWARLU, AGE 39 YRS 56. KATARI POLAMMA, (A62), W/O PEDDA NARASIMHA (LATE), AGE 4 61 YRS 57. KATARI TIRUPATAMMA, (A63), W/O JALAIAH, AGE 38 YRS, 58. VAYALA SANTHI, (A64), W/O NAGARAJU, AGE 24 YRS, 59. VAYALA JALAMMA, (A65), W/O LATE POLAIAH, AGE 32 YRS, 60. KURRU YANADAMMA, (A66), W/O SRINIVASA RAO, AGE 55 YRS 61. AVULA JALAMMA, (A67), W/O BRAHMA MURTHY, AGE 27 YRS 62. VAYALA PARVATAMMA, (A68), W/O NARASIMHA, AGE 56 YRS 63. KATARI PAPAMMA, (A69), W/O RAMULU, AGE 38 YRS 64. PRALAYAKAVERI MANGAMMA, (A70), W/O ANKAIAH, AGE 46 YRS, 65. AVULA MANGAMMA, (A71), W/O YEDUKONDALU, AGE 40 YRS. 66. KURRU PADMA, (A72), W/O YEDUKONDALU, AGE 35 YRS 67. VAYALA RAMADEVI, (A73), W/O CHIRANJEEVI, AGE 30 YRS. 68. AVULA SRINU, (A74), S/O ANKAIAH, AGE 45 YRS 69. KATARI BUJJULU ALIAS KIRAN, (A75), S/O RAMULU, AGE 20 YRS. 70. AVULA SRINIVASA RAO,, (A76) S/O YEDUKONDALU, AGE 22 YRS. 71. VAYALA SRINU,, (A77) S/O VAYALAIAH, AGE 35 YRS. 72. AVULA YEDUKONDALU,, (A78) S/O ANKAIAH, AGE 50 YRS, 73. KONDURI SRINU,, (A79) S/O RAMULU, AGE 45 YRS, 74. KATARI ANKAIAH,, (A80) S/O MEERAIAH, AGE 68 YRS 75. VAYALA NARASIMHA @ NARASIMHAM,, (A81) S/O NARASIMHAM, AGE 60 YRS. 76. YALLAMGARI JALA RAO, , (A82) S/O BABU, AGE 20 YRS. 77. VAYALA KIRAN @ KIRAN BABU, , (A83) S/O SRINU, AGE 23 YRS. 78. KONDURI RAMANAIAH,, (A84) S/O VENKATESWARLU, AGE 57 5 YRS. 79. AVULA JALAIAH,, (A85) S/O ANKAIAH, AGE 60 YRS 80. KONDURI GOPI @ GOPIRAJU,, (A86) S/O GOVINDU, AGE 20 YRS. 81. VAYALA SANTHI @ SANTHAMMA,, (A87) W/O VASU, AGE 23 YRS. 82. SUNNAPU GOVINDU @ GOVINDU SWAMY,, (A88) S/O NAGESWARA RAO, AGE 19 YRS. 83. AVULA VENKATESWARLU,, (A89) S/O THATHAIAH, AGE 42 YRS. 84. AVULA LAKSHMAN @ LAKSHMAIAH,, (A90) S/O TATAIAH, AGE 22 YEARS. 85. KONDURI SRINU,, (A91) S/O GOVINDU, AGE 49 YRS. 86. AVULA POLAIAH, , (A92) S/O THATHAIAH, AGE 40 YRS 87. AVULA MASTANAMMA,, (A93) W/O LATE GOVINDU, AGE 58 YRS 88. SUNNAPU SUBHASHINI,, (A94) W/O NAGESWARA RAO, AGE 34 YRS, 89. KONDURI SUBBAIAH,, (A95) S/O VENKATESWARLU, AGE 40 YRS 90. AVULA GOVINDA RAO,, (A96) S/O THATHAIAH, AGE 30 YRS. 91. KOLLURI RAJKUMAR @ KONDURI RAJKUMAR,, (A97) S/O YEDUKONDULU, AGE 26 YRS. 92. AVULA TIRUPATHI RAO,, (A98) S/O YEDUKONDALU, AGE 21 YRS. 93. KURRU SRINIVASA RAO, (A99), S/O CHENCHAIAH, AGE 57 YRS 94. . VAYALA PERUMALLU, (A100), S/O VEERA BHADRAIAH, AGE 47 YRS 95. VAYALA RAMBABAU, (A101), S/O JALAIAH, AGE 35 YRS. 96. . VAYALA JALAIAH, (A102), S/O POLAIAH, AGE 63 YRS. 6 97. VAYALA SRINU, (A103), S/O GOVINDU, AGE 54 YRS. 98. VAYALA NAGAMANI, (A104), W/O SRINU, AGE 26 YRS. 99. KONDURI KANAKAMMA, (A105), W/O SRINU, AGE 35 YRS. 100. . AVULA KOTESWARAMMA, (A106), W/O ANKAIAH, AGE 35 YRS. 101. . KATARI JALAMMA, (A107), W/O YADAGIRI, AGE 35 YRS 102. VAYALA ARUNA, (A108), W/O POLAIAH, AGE 24 YRS, 103. KONDURI NAGAMANI, (A109), W/O SUBBAIAH, AGE 34 YRS, 104. VAYALA GOVINDAMMA, (A110), W/O JALAIAH, AGE 55 YRS, 105. . AVULA NAGA LAKSHMI, (A111), W/O POLAIAH, AGE 35 YRS. 106. VAYALA YEDUKONDALU, (A112), S/O NARASIMHAM, AGE 45 YRS. 107. . AVULA POTTAIAH, (A114), S/O YEDUKONDALU, AGE 23 YRS 108. . PRALAYAKAVERI @ PALLEKARI SURESH, (A115), S/O YANADI, AGE 41 YRS. 109. . PRALAYAKAVERI @ PALLEKARI RAMESH, (A 116), S/O YANADI, AGE 37 YRS. 110. VAYALA SARDAR, (A 118), S/O CHINNA JALAIAH, AGE 55 YRS. 111. . KONDURI NARASIMHA, (A119), S/O GOVINDU, AGE 54 YRS. 112. KONDURI SRI KRISHNA, (A120), S/O POLAIAH, AGE 54 YRS. 113. . KONDURI NARENDRA @ RAVINDRA, (A121), S/O POLAIAH, AGE 44 YRS. 114. VAYALA CHINA RAJU, (A122), S/O PERUMALLU, AGE 27 YRS. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTORHIGH COURT OF A.P. AT AMARAVATHI. 2. KATAMGARI MOHAN RAO, S/O PANDU SWAMY, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, RAMAPURAM VILLAGE, VETAPALEM MANDAL, BAPATIA 7 DISTRICT, AP. (COMPLAINANT) ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. SRINIVASULU P Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 8 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 66/2026 ORDER: The instant Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C)/under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the Petitioners, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against them in S.C.No.119 of 2025 on the file of the learned Senior Civil Judge, Chirala, Prakasam District, for the offences punishable under Sections 459, 427, 143, 147, 307 r/w 149 of IPC. 2. Heard Sri Srinivasulu.P, learned Counsel for the Petitioners and Mrs.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners herein are all fisherman and their family members. The present case has been lodged against all of them. It is very difficult for them to attend before the Court for every adjournment, because it may affect their livelihood. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the presence of the petitioners before the Trial Court may be dispensed with. The petitioner Nos. 1, 2, 46, 95, 116 & 134 herein i.e., Accused Nos. 1, 2, 52, 101, 124 & 144, will appear before the Court. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate Orders. 9 5. Considering the submission that the appearance before the Trial Court before the Court may affect their livelihood, this Criminal Petition is disposed of. However, the presence of the petitioners before the Trial Court is dispensed with unless their presence is specifically directed by the Trial Court and the petitioner Nos. 1, 2, 46, 95, 116 & 134 herein i.e., Accused Nos. 1, 2, 52, 101, 124 & 144, shall appear before the Trial Court. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 07.01.2026. UPS 10 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 66/2026 Dated.07.01.2026 UPS