1 Date of reserved for orders : Date of pronouncement : 03.07.2026 Date of uploading : 03.07.2026 APHC010320242026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3504] FRIDAY, THE 3rd DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5128/2026 Between: 1. POLISETTI VEERA VENKATESWARA RAO ALIAS BHARAT, S/O NOOKAIAH SETTY AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS, R/O DOO NO. 5-21-8, SURAVARAM ROAD,NEAR ANJANEYA SWAMI TEMPLE ROAD, TUNI TOWN,KAKINADA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH 533401 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI, 522239THROUGH SHO OF TUNI TOWN POLICE STATION 2. PAKA JYOTHI KUMARI, D/OAPPARAO,AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, R/O FLAT NO.503, SNAHA APARTMENTS,BANK COLONY, TUNI TOWN, TUNI MANDAL, KAKINADA DISTRICT.PERMANENT ADDRESS RESIDENT OF DOOR NO. 1-1, MANGAVARAM VILLAGE, PAYAKARAO PETAMANDAL,ANAKAPALLI DIST. ...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 2 Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to direct Respondent No.1, the Investigating Officer in Crime No.26 of 2026 of Tuni Town Police Station, Kakinada District, to complete the investigation expeditiously and file the Charge Sheet before the jurisdictional Court within such time as may be fixed by this Hon'ble Court, 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 direct Respondent No.1 to take all necessary steps in accordance with law to ensure that Respondent No.2 does not threaten, intimidate, harass or interfere with the life and liberty of the petitioner and to provide necessary police protection to the petitioner whenever warranted, and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. TRIVENI REDDY PUJARI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5128 of 2026 ORDER:- The present Criminal Petition has been filed seeking to direct the respondent No.1/Investigating Officer in Crime No.26 of 2026 of Tuni Town Police Station, Kakinada District, to complete the investigation expeditiously and file charge sheet before the jurisdictional Court within such time. 2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, Ms. P.Triveni Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Neelothpal Ganji, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, jointly submits that, pursuant to the registration of FIR in Crime No. 26 of 2026, dated 24.02.2026, of Tuni Town Police Station, Kakinada District, for the offences punishable under Sections 329(4), 115(2) and 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the police, after completing the investigation, filed a charge sheet before the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tuni, on 06.06.2026 for the said offences. They further submitted that the charge sheet has been taken on file and the case is pending before the competent Criminal Court. 3. At that juncture, the learned counsel for the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondent/police to extend police aid to the petitioner, which is the very relief sought in the present criminal petition. 4 4. Taking into consideration of the above facts and circumstances of the case, and leaving it open to the petitioner to work out the legal remedies before the competent Court with regard to the relief of police aid, the Criminal Petition is closed in view of the fact that the charge sheet has already been filed, taken on file, and the matter is pending before the competent Criminal Court. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is closed. As a sequel, all pending applications shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 03.07.2026 RMR Whether the order is : Speaking ☑ Reasoned Reportable Non-reportable ☑ 5 270 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5128 of 2026 03.07.2026 W RMR