Date of reserved for orders: Nil Date of pronouncement: 01.07.2026 Date of uploading: APHC010309902026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3504] WEDNESDAY, THE 1st DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4921/2026 Between: 1. KOTAPURI RAVI KUMAR, ,S/O. CHINNAIAH,AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS,R/O. PEDAPADUGUPADU VILLAGE,KOVURU MANDAL, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 2. KOTAPURI MADHU, ,S/O. CHINNAIAH,AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS,R/O. PEDAPADUGUPADU VILLAGE,KOVURU MANDAL, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTORFOR THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATHI. 2. GOCHIPATHALA DAVID RAJU, ,S/O. IMAM, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARSOCC PRESS REPORTER,R/O. LAKSHMI NAGAR, KOVUR,SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. ...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 2 pleased to quash the proceedings in F.I.R.NO.81/2026 on the file of Kovur Urban Police Station, dt.28.04.2026 and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2026 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 to dispense with the filing of FIR.No.81/2026 on the file of Kovur Urban Police Station, and pass IA NO: 2 OF 2026 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 to stay all further proceedings including arrest in F.I.R.NO.81/2026 on the file of Kovur Urban Police Station, pending disposal of the petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. C SUBODH Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4921 of 2026 The Court made the following Order: Pursuant to the Order of this Court dated 24.06.2026, the Station House Officer, SPSR Nellore District present before this Court and submits that after due investigation, charge sheet was filed on 18.05.2026 and the same was numbered as CC No.258 of 2026 on the file of the Additional Judicial Magistrate First Class, Kovvur, SPSR Nellore District. 2. At that juncture, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdrawn the present Criminal Petition, so as to workout legal remedies. 3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader representing the State reported no objection for the same. 4. Permission is accorded. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn with a liberty to the petitioners to workout legal remedies in the manner known to the law. 4 Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 01.07.2026 PSA Whether the Order is: Speaking Reasoned Reportable Non-reportable 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4921 of 2026 Date: 01.07.2026 PSA