APHC010407082026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE 10th DAY OF AUGUST 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6694 OF 2026 Between: 1. Bandaru Bhima Sai Mukesh, , S/o SriRamakrishna Prasad,Aged about 21 years, Student, A-1R/o D.No.2-110, Gangavaram village,Pamarru Mandal,Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema District- 533 305. 2. Bandaru Sri Ramakrishna Prasad, S/o Satyanarayana,Aged about 50 years, Coolie, R/o D.NO. 2-110, A-2Gangavaram village, Pamarru Mandal,Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema District- 533 305. 3. Bandaru Rama Devi, W/o Sri Ramakrishna Prasad,Aged about 37 years, House-wife,R/o D.No.2-110, Gangavaram Village, A- 3Pamarru Mandal,Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema District- 533 305. ...Petitioners AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati.Through,Station House Officer,Draksharama Police Station,Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema District.-533 262. 2. Buridi Sathibabu, S/o Late Appa Rao,Aged about 41 years, Private Employee,R/o Jagannayukulapalem 2 village,RamachandrapuramMandal,Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema District.-533 255. ...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 Courtto allow the present Criminal Petition by quashing the Criminal Proceedings against the Petitioners 1 to 3 herein for the offence under Sections 417, 306 R/w I.P.C. under Sessions Case No.40 of 2025 in Crime No. 34 of 2024 pending on the file of XIII Additional District and Sessions Judge Court, East Godavari District at Ramachandrapuram in the interests of justice 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 pass an interim order by way of stay of all further proceedings including the appearance of the Petitioners 1 to 3 herein in Sessions Case No. 40 of 2025 in Crime No. 34 of 2024 of Draksharama P.S. pending on the file of XIII Additional District and Sessions Judge Court, East Godavari District at Ramachandrapuram pending disposal of the main Criminal Petition on the file of this Hon'ble Court in the interests of justice Counsel for the Petitioners: M/S.ASTONISH LAWS,CHANDRA SEKHAR ILAPAKURTI Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6694 of 2026 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 SC No.40 of 2025 on the file of learned XIII Additional District and Sessions Judge Court, East Godavari District, Ramachandrapuram, for the offences punishable under Section 417 and 306 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of respondent - State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners, after arguing for some time, has confined his argument to the extent of dispensing with the presence of the petitioners (A1 to A3) before the trial Court by submitting petitioners’ practical constraints in attending before the trial Court and states that petitioners shall not dispute his identity at a later stage of proceedings. Learned counsel seeks liberty to adjudicate all his grounds before the trial Court by filing of 4 discharge petition. He also states that trial Court not yet framed charges against the petitioners. 4. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor contended that there are no grounds to quash the proceedings at this stage. So far as dispensing with the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court, he has not opposed the same, including filing of a discharge petition by the petitioners. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits and de-merits involved in the lis, the Criminal Petition is disposed of by granting liberty to the petitioners to file a discharge petition before the trial Court and on such filing, the learned trial Court shall dispose of the same in terms of the law only as expeditiously as possible. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. 7. Till disposal of the discharge petition, presence of petitioners herein (A1 to A3) before the learned XIII Additional District and Sessions Judge Court, East Godavari District, Ramachandrapuram, in SC No.40 of 2025 is hereby dispensed with. 5 Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 10.08.2026 Note: Issue C.C. by 13.08.2026 B/o. PSA 6 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6694 of 2026 Date: 10.08.2026 PSA