DHUNNUTHALA PURUSHOTAM REDDY v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
CRLP/5340/2024 · 2026-09-09
Maheswara Rao Kuncheam
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APHC010333132024
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
THURSDAY, THE 10th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5340 OF 2024 Between:
1. DHUNNUTHALA PURUSHOTAM REDDY, S/o Pedda Yella Reddy Aged about 30 years, Occ Village Surveyor,
2. DhunnuthalaRamulamma,, W/o Pedda Yella Reddy Aged about 52 years, Occ House wife
3. Pedda Yella Reddy,, S/o Subba Reddy Aged about 70 years, Occ Agriculture, Note All are residents of R/o Ramakrishnapuram Village, Kongalaveedy Post, Badvel Town, YSR District. ...Petitioners AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep.,by its Public Prosecutor, High Court, Amaravathi. 2. Muthumala Jhansi Lakshmi, D/o. Malleswara Reddy W/o DhunnuthalaPurushotam Reddy, Aged 24 years, Occ Horticulture Asst, at UpparapalliSachivalayam , R/o. Sidhout Mandal, YSR 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 pleased to call for the records in FIR.No. 81
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of2024 dated 22.04.2024, on the file of the Badvel (R) Police Station, YSR District, and quash the same 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 to dispense with filling of the certified copy of the order, FIR.No. 81 of 2024 dated 22.04.2024, on the file of the Badvel (R) Police Station, YSR District, pending disposal of the above criminal petition 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 to stay all further proceedings in in FIR.No. 81 of 2024 dated 22.04.2024, on the file of the Badvel (R) Police Station, YSR District, including any coercive steps against the petitioners, pending disposal of the Criminal Petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioners: V R REDDY KOVVURI Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5340 of 2024 The Court made the following Order:
Instant Criminal Petition, under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 482 Cr.P.C.), has been filed on behalf of the petitioners herein (A1 to A3), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.81 of 2024 of Badvel (R) Police Station, Y S R District, for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 506, 509 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, basing on the written instructions, submits that the police have filed a charge sheet in FIR in Crime No.81 of 2024 of Badvel(R) Police Station,Y S R District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate. 4. At that juncture, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Criminal Petition with a liberty to workout legal remedies, in accordance with the law, if so advised. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, by granting liberty to workout legal remedies, in accordance with the law. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 10.09.2026 KKN
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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5340 of 2024
Date: 10.09.2026 KKN