Date of pronouncement : 13.07.2026 Date of uploading : 15.07.2026 APHC010539692024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3504] MONDAY, THE 13th DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8667/2024 Between: 1. KANKARA RISHIKESH REDDY, S/O. K. NARENDRA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 16 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 131-351, SAKUNTHALA NAGAR, 2ND LANE, INNER RING ROAD, GUNTUR, GUNTUR DISTRICT, A.P. BEING MINOR REPRESENTED BY HIS NATURAL GUARDIAN ELDER AUNT NAMELY DOMMETI MANGA SREE KAVYA, W/O. K. SOMA SEKHARA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS R/O. D.NO.3-24, NEAR NEW SACHIVALAYAM, AGATHAVARAPPADU VILLAGE, PEDAKAKANI MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT, A.P. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. GUDIBANDIA SONIYA, D/O. SUBHAKAR RAO, AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, R/O. FLAT NO. 104, JCH PARADISE-LL APARTMENT, SAKUNTHALA NAGAR, 2ND LANE, INNER RING ROAD GUNTUR, GUNTUR DISTRICT, A.P. ...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 Courtpleased to Quash the proceedings in Cr. No.802/2024 against the Petitioner/Accused No.8 for the offences punishable 2 MRK,J Crl.P.No.8667 of 2024 U/s.109(1), 189(2), 118(1), 329(4), 74, 324(6) r/w 190 B.N.S. and Sec.3(1)(r), 3(1 )(s), 3(2)(va) of SC/ST (POA) Act which is pending before Nallapadu P.S., Guntur District and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2024 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 pleased to dispense with filing of Certified Copy of FIR and complaint in Crime No. 802/2024 for the offence punishable U/s. 109(1), 189(2), 118(1), 329(4), 74, 324(6) r/w 190 B.N.S. and Sec.3(1)(r), 3(1 )(s), 3(2)(va) of SC/ST (POA) Act on the file of Nallapadu P.S., Guntur District and pass IA NO: 2 OF 2024 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 pleased to Stay of all further proceedings including the arrest of the Petitioner/Accused No.8 in Crime No. 802/2024 for the offence punishable U/s. 109(1), 189(2), 118(1), 329(4), 74, 324(6) r/w 190 B.N.S. and Sec.3(1)(r), 3(1 )(s), 3(2)(va) of SC/ST (POA) Act which is pending before Nallapadu P.S., Guntur District, until disposal of the quash petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SRINIVASA RAO NARRA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 MRK,J Crl.P.No.8667 of 2024 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8667/2024 The Court made the following O R D E R: Mr. Narra Srinivasa Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, in view of the subsequent events, no cause survives in this Criminal Petition and the present criminal petition became infructuous and also filed a memo to that effect. 2. Recording the said submission, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel, Interlocutory Applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. ______________________________ MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM, J Dated: 13.07.2026 krk 4 MRK,J Crl.P.No.8667 of 2024 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM 63 CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8667/2024 Dt: 13.07.2026 krk