APHC010021272024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WEDNESDAY, THE 12th DAY OF AUGUST 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 311 OF 2024 Between: 1. KARIDE ANJANEYULU, S/o Karide Venkatanarayana. Aged about 47 years, R/o D.No.2-69, C Colony, RamagiriMandalam, Kuntimaddi, Ananthapuramu -515101. 2. Karide Shiva,, S/o Karide Venkatanarayana, _ Aged about 37 years, R/o OC Colony, Kuntimaddi, Chennekothapalle, Venkatampalli, Ananthapuramu 3. Karide Shankar,, S/o Karide Venkatanarayana Aged about 38 years, R/o 1/69, Rangaswamy Temple Ramagiri Mandal, Kuntimaddi, Ananthapuramu ...Petitioners AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Through Station House Officer, Ramagiri P.S. Sri Sathya Sai (Erstwhile Ananthapur) District 2. Vetti Muthyalappa, S/o Late Muthyalappa, Aged about 48 years. Village Revenue Officer (VRO), Kuntimaddi Village, Ramagiri Mandal, Ananthapur District. ...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 2 may be pleased to quash the FIR No. 104/2022 dated 14/09/2022 registered at Ramagiri P.S., Sri Satya Sai (erstwhile Ananthapur) District for the offences punishable u/s 341, 353 r/w 34 of IPC against the Petitioners herein / A-1 to A-3 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 dispense with the filing No. 104/2022 dated 14/09/2022 of FIR registered at Ramagiri P.S., Sri Satya Sai (erstwhile Ananthapur) District, Revision Case and to 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 to grant stay of all further proceedings in FIR No.104/2022 dated 14/09/2022 registered at Ramagiri P.S., Sri Satya Sai (erstwhile Ananthapur) District for the offences punishable u/s 341, 353 r/w 34 of IPC against the Petitioners herein / A-1 to A-3, pending disposal of the above Criminal Petition, and to pass Counsel for the Petitioners: K JOSEPH Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 311 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 petitioners herein (A1 to A3), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.104 of 2022 of Ramagiri Police Station, Sri Sathya Sai District, for the offences punishable under Section 341 and 353 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. 2. At the stage of admission, this Court has not granted any interim order in the instant lis. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of respondent-State submits that the police has filed charge sheet in FIR in Crime No.104 of 2022 of Ramagiri Police Station, Sri Sathya Sai District 4. At that juncture, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Criminal Petition with a liberty to challenge the charge sheet, in accordance with the law, if so advised. 4 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, by granting liberty to challenge the charge sheet, in accordance with the law. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 12.08.2026 PSA 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 311 of 2024 Date: 12.08.2026 PSA