APHC010066952024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WEDNESDAY, THE 19th DAY OF AUGUST 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 813 OF 2024 Between: 1. MOHAMMED SOHALI ALI @ SOHEL, S/o MD.Nasrath Ali, Aged about 27yrs, R/o D.No.43-117-17, Tilak Road, Near Shadikhana, Singh Nagar, Vijayawada. ...Petitioner AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. 2. Sayyad Ayesha Banu, W/o Anshari Ahmad, Aged about 41yrs, R/o D.No.1110, NSC Bose Nagar, Kandraka Nagar, Vijayawada. ...Respondents 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 be pleased to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused No,3 in C.C.No.427 of 2023 on the file of the VI Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada and pass 2 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 to grant stay of all further proceedings including the appearance of the petitioner/accused No.1 in C.C.No.427 of 2023 on the file of the VI Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: SRINIVAS RAO GAREY Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 813 of 2024 The Court made the following Order: Instant Criminal Petition, under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed on behalf of the petitioner herein (A2), seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.427 of 2022 on the file of learned VI Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada City, for the offences punishable under Section 448, 323, 384 and 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. No representation for the petitioner. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, basing on the written instructions, submits that pending the Criminal Petition, the petitioner got acquitted in C.C.N.2993 of 2024 on the file of the VII Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class for Railways-cum- VII Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Vijayawada (previously C.C.No.427 of 2022 on the file of the learned VI Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada City) vide Judgment dated 23.10.2025. He also furnished a copy of said Judgment. 4 4. Copy of the Judgment dated 23.10.2025 in C.C.N.2993 of 2024 on the file of the VII Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class for Railways-cum-VII Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Vijayawada (previously C.C.No.427 of 2022 on the file of the learned VI Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada City) is taken on record. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is closed. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 19.08.2026 PSA 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 813 of 2024 Date: 19.08.2026 PSA